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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2014
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Fire damages a locker room building at the ArcelorMittal steel plant in Steelton, as shown in this photo taken by a firefighter at the scene.
Explosion, fire rock Steelton steel mill By Noelle Barrett
Press And Journal Staff
One hour could have cost lives. An explosion and fire destroyed a building that housed a locker room, shower facilities, bathrooms and offices at ArcelorMittal steel plant in Steelton at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 2. No one was injured – but if the explosion had occurred about an hour later, chances are there would have been fatalities. “If it would have been an hour or a couple hours later, there would have been people changing,” said Ray Fernandez, a master electrician at the plant. “It would have been pretty ugly.” About 70 people, split into three shifts, use the building, which also has a repair shop attached to it, Fernandez said. Fortunately, no one was in the building at the time, and there were no injuries, confirmed Steelton Mayor Tom Acri. The exact cause of the explosion has not been determined. ArcellorMittal and the Steelton Fire Department are investigating “to see what the start of the fire was, and how it could ignite,” Acri said. “The building filled up with gas, and I don’t know what ignited it to explode, but the building exploded,” he said. “It brought the building down to its knees. It was flattened.” The electric and the gas were shut off as quickly as possible, said Fernandez. Joe Swope, a spokesman for UGI Utilities, said representatives responded to the scene and “assisted local first responders in assessing the situation and in investigating the cause.” “Following a thorough check of its facilities, UGI confirmed that none of its facilities were involved in the incident and that its system was secure,” Swope said in a e-mail to the Press And Journal. More than 100 emergency responders were on scene, and firefighters battled the blaze at the South Front Street plant for nearly two hours before bringing it under control, according to Acri. Acri could see the smoke as he watched the scene unfold from outside the gate of the plant. There were some initial issues with getting
Rock bands to play for Radabaugh family
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The eight-point star, a symbol of baptism and regeneration, on the ceiling of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Middletown, was painted gold so it would stand out.
A 135-year-old church is lovingly restored By Noelle Barrett Press And Journal Staff
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s the sun begins to set on St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Middletown, the stained glass in the front window glows bright. The inviting images in the window are lit by new lights, just one small touch that is part of a number of renovations recently completed in the 135-year-old church’s sanctuary. Many of the renovations have a common theme: welcoming and inviting everyone. The chancel now has a ramp and one small step, instead of four larger steps,
to provide physical access. The sound system was upgraded to improve the ability of those who attend services to hear, but also those who listen on the radio. It is a theme that also inspired the church to change its mission statement last fall while renovations were being completed. “As a Reconciling in Christ congregation, we welcome and invite all of God’s people regardless of age, ethnicity, physical or mental abilities, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or economic status,” the statement reads. Please See CHURCH, Page A6
Steel-High approves property tax resolution
New lighting makes the front stained glass window at the church glow at night.
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Looking to celebrate Valentine’s Day early but can’t find a babysitter? The New Thing Community Church is hosting a “Parents Day Out’’ from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 9 during which parents can drop off their children for a couple hours. Kids will be able to watch a movie, play games, make crafts and eat snacks while their parents enjoy time together. The church is located at 2285 W. Harrisburg Pike in Lower Swatara Twp. To register, readers may call the church at 717-388-1065 or Janet Hock at 717-585-9469.
The altar in the sanctuary before the renovations, then after the renovations were completed.
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Worker dies from injuries on leaf crew By Jim Lewis
Press And Journal Staff
The players and coaches of the Middletown Area High School girls’ basketball team
Photo by Bill Darrah
The Middletown Area High School girls’ basketball team won its first division title in team history when it beat Steelton-Highspire, 50-45, on Tuesday, Jan. 28. Now the Blue Raiders will play for the Mid-Penn Conference championship, facing another division winner, Mechanicsburg, in a semifinal game on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at Cumberland Valley High School. Read more about it on page B2 in our Sports section.
A Lower Swatara Twp. employee died in Penn State Hershey Medical Center on Thursday, Jan. 30 from injuries he received when a leaf vacuum machine ran over him while he was working with a crew on a township street, authorities said. Brett D. Shope, 27, of Middletown, was injured while working on a leaf pickup crew near Westerly Court and Pennsylvania Avenue when the vacuum machine ran over him around 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 30, police said. He had been listed in critical condition at the hospital after the accident, a hospital spokeswoman said. Shope was raking leaves into the
Property owners in the Steelton-Highspire School District will not see a real estate tax increase above the state’s Act 1 index for the 2014-15 school year. The Steelton-Highspire School Board approved a resolution on Thursday, Jan. 23 to keep any tax increase below the index. The maximum increase allowed in the district under state law is 3.2 percent, according to the index.
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Local rock bands will perform a concert for the Radabaugh family, whose Middletown home caught fire in October. The concert will be at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8 at Angie’s Brookside Diner, 1360 Eisenhower Blvd. Admission to Rock for the Radabaughs is $15, with the proceeds benefitting the family. Readers can visit the Rock for the Radabaughs Facebook page for more information.
leaf machine when the accident happened, said Richard Brandt, chief of the Lower Swatara Twp. police. The machine sucked leaves into the back of a dump truck that towed it. Two other workers – one operating the leaf machine, the other driving the dump truck, were on duty, but no one saw how Shope was injured, said Brandt. Because Shope was injured badly, police never had a chance to interview him, he said. “How it happened, we’re not quite sure,’’ Brandt said. “That will always be a little bit of a mystery.’’ Dauphin County’s Accident Reconstruction Team concluded it was an
Copper wire, fittings taken from site More than 2,700 pounds of copper wire and copper and brass fittings were stolen from a construction side at TE Connectivity on Fulling Mill Road in Lower Swatara Twp., police said. The theft occurred sometime on Monday, Jan. 13 and Tuesday, Jan. 14, police said. The items are valued at $2,595. Authorities are asking area recyclers to look out for the items, and asking anyone with information about the theft to call police at 717-939-0463.
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Margaret Schwartz
Margaret Ann Schwartz, 79, of Middletown, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, January 30, at Longwood Manor Personal Care, Maytown. She was born on December 3, 1934 in Hazleton, and was the daughter of the late George and Margaret Sisock Mehallo. She was a member of Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Middletown; she was a teacher’s aide at Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic School for 8 years; was a graduate of Hazleton High School class of 1952; and she enjoyed cooking, playing bingo, and reading, but her greatest joy came from the love she received from her family, especially her grandchildren. In addition to her parents, Margaret was preceded in death by her loving husband Robert J. Schwartz. She is survived by her five children Patricia A. and husband Dennis Bonetti of Camp Hill, James Schwartz of Middletown, Mark and wife Gail Schwartz of Charleston, S.C., Lorie Ann and husband Michael Schnably of Honeybrook, and Kim M. and husband Ryan Johns of Marietta; two sisters Ethel Poproch, and Dolores Christopher; one brother George Mehallo; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, February 6, at Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Corner of Race and Water Sts., Middletown. Burial will be in Ft. Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville. Viewing will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, February 5, with the recitation of the Holy Rosary at 7:30 p.m. and from 10 to 10:45 a.m. on Thursday at the Matinchek & Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Middletown. Memorial contributions may be made to Homeland Hospice, 2300 Vartan Way, Harrisburg, Pa. 17110. Condolences may be sent online at www.matinchekanddaughterfuneralhome.com.
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Carl E. Gruber “Curly,” 87, of Middletown, entered into eternal rest suddenly on Tuesday, January 28, at his home. He was born on November 30, 1926 in Middletown and was the son of the late Samuel F. Sr. and Elizabeth Snavely Gruber. He was a member of Evangelical United Methodist Church, American Legion Post 594, and VFW Post 1620, all of Middletown; he served his country in the United States Navy in World War II in both the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters; was retired from the Mechanicsburg Naval Depot where he was a railroad engineer; he was a graduate of Middletown Area High School class of 1945; and he enjoyed fishing, hunting, gardening, and was an avid Middletown Blue Raiders sports fan and for many years held season tickets to both football and basketball games. In addition to his parents, Curly was preceded in death by his loving wife Dorothy I. Gruber, five brothers, Earl, Samuel Jr., Walter, Raymond and Melvin Gruber, and four sisters Helen Samuels, Pauline Borlish, Goldie Reber, and Viola Nelson. He is survived by his sister Mary L. Lehman of Middletown; numerous nieces and nephews; and many friends. A Tribute to his life was held on Monday at his church, with the Rev. Robert Graybill officiating. Interment with military honors was at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery. Arrangements by Matinchek & Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Middletown. Memorial contributions may be made to Evangelical United Methodist Church, 157 E. Water St., Middletown, PA 17057. Condolences may be sent online at www.matinchekanddaughterfuneralhome.com.
Glenn O. Leggore Sr., 73, of Middletown, passed away on Monday, January 27, at Community General Osteopathic Hospital. He was the husband of the late Margaret J. “Peggy” Condran Leggore, who died in 2010. Born in Middletown, he was the son of the late Charles H. and Ellen M. Koltrider Leggore. He was a veteran, serving on an Aircraft Carrier in the United States Navy; he was retired from the Middletown Police Department where he served his community as police officer and
Dr. Harold Ebersole Dr. Harold Jones Ebersole, 85, passed away January 26, peacefully in his sleep at Lebanon Valley Brethren Home, Palmyra. He was born October 20, 1928 in Hershey Hospital on his mother’s birthday, the son of the late Chester M. Ebersole and Kathryn Jones Ebersole. Harold was a lifelong resident of Hummelstown, graduating from Hummelstown High School in 1946, Elizabethtown College in 1950 and Temple Dental School in 1954 with a degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. He served as a dental officer in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict, stationed in San Diego, Calif. He had a private dental practice in Highspire for 40 years. Even now, 20 years after retirement, former patients still inquire about him, remembering his kind and gentle nature. He was a member of several honorary dental societies and a life member of the Hummelstown Historical Society, Hershey Dental Study Group, American Dental Association, PA Dental Society, Lincoln Continental Owners Club, Highspire Lions Club, and a big supporter of many charitable organizations. He was the school dentist for Lower Dauphin elementary schools and the Steelton-Highspire school system, a member of the Lower Dauphin School Board, serving a term as president, a founding member of the Lebanon Valley Brethren Home, serving on the Board of Directors for 12 years. Harold also appeared on TV’s “Miss Marsha’s Romper Room” during Dental Health Week for several years. A lifelong member of Spring Creek Church of the Brethren, he served on various committees and as moderator, deacon and Sunday school teacher. He had a special fondness for trains, coins, and antique cars. Many remember him driving Mayor Alexander and
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various speakers in the Hummelstown Memorial Day parades in his black 1966 Lincoln Continental convertible for 20 years. He and his wife built their home and lived at the corner of Lincoln and Landis streets in Hummelstown for 39 years, moving to Lebanon Valley Brethren Home in 2007. He’ll best be remembered for his gentle nature and his love for his family and fellow man. A news reporter once referred to him as a “soft spoken dentist” and he touched many lives with his kindness and thoughtfulness. He was preceded in death by two brothers John J. and Chester J. Ebersole. He is survived by his wife of 62 years Beulah Barnthouse Ebersole; three children Jeffrey (Beth), Bruce, and Amy Langer; three grandchildren Sam, Jeremy, and Kristen (Adam Snoke); his sister Dorothy Burridge; and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at his church on Saturday. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Spring Creek Church of the Brethren, 335 East Areba Ave., Hershey, PA 17033; or any charity of your choice. Arrangements by Trefz & Bowser Funeral Home, Inc., Hummelstown. Online condolences may be shared at www.trefzandbowser.com.
Grace Yalch
Grace E. Yalch, 91, entered into rest on Wednesday, January 29. She was born on October 14, 1922 in Falls, Pa. She was a wonderful homemaker and devoted member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Grace will be remembered as a kind, gentle person who appreciated the simple things in life, and loved by all who knew her. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 58 years, George A. Yalch, parents Henry and Adah Evans Eckel, and five siblings. Her memory will forever be treasured by her loving daughter Renee E. McCollister (Tracy) of Warner Robins, Ga.; and adoring granddaughter Faith McCollister (Christian Bautista) of New York City, N.Y. A Funeral service was held on Tuesday in the chapel of McCullough Funeral Home, Warner Robins, Ga., with Dr. Richard Ulrich officiating. Private entombment was held at
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Lester Mathias Jr. Lester B. “Bench” Mathias Jr., returned to the Lord on January 29, weeks after celebrating his 90th birthday. He passed peacefully in the company of family and friends. He was born on December 26, 1923 to Lester Mathias and Edna Mae Updegraff in Royalton, and married Frances Beck on September 26, 1942 in Greenville, S.C. Known to his family as “Pap” and to his friends as “Bench,” he was an elder at Kaysville Bible Church. He volunteered at Pioneer Bible Camp and Frontier School of the Bible. He also served on the Board of Directors for the Ogden Rescue Mission. Lester served in the Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945 as an aircraft mechanic and flight engineer at Hondo Army Air Field, Texas. Bench loved to hunt and fish and to study scripture and pray. Verses that shaped his relationship with God were Romans 3:23, 5:8, 6:23, 10:9-10, 10:13, and 12:1-2. “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints,” Psalm 116:15. Pap was preceded in death by his wife Frances, his daughter Diane Muth, his son Edward Mathias, his sister Marie Condran, and his brother Charles Mathias. He is survived by his brother Robert (Margo) Mathias; son Lester “Skip”
Mathias III; daughters Carolyn Naylor, Barbara (Steve) Fry, Clare Mathias, and his daughter-in-law Bonnie (Court) Longbrook; grandchildren Morgan Muth, Matthew (Melanie) Naylor, Michael Naylor, Edward (Elizabeth) Mathias Jr., Melissa (Robert) Alles, Charles (Connie) Mathias, John (Keri) Mathias, and Rebecca (Dave) Barlow; great-grandchildren Andrew, Abreanna, Kaleb, Skyler, Katelyn, Sydney, Hannah, Anjali, Asha, Elijah, Diya, Lillian, and Marcus; and he loved and was loved by his extended family, nieces, nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews, and countless friends. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, February 8, at Kaysville Bible Church, 181 N. Flint St., Kaysville, Utah, where friends may also visit Bench beginning at 9 until 10:45 a.m. at the church. Interment is at Kaysville City Cemetery, Kaysville, Utah. In lieu of flowers, his family requests donations be made to Kaysville Bible Church’s Missions Fund, Pioneer Bible Camp, or the Ogden Rescue Mission. Services are entrusted to Lindquist’s Layton Mortuary, Layton Condolences may be shared at www. lindquistmortuary.com.
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Dorothy Hand Aderholt, 84, passed away on Thursday, January 23. She was born on May 22, 1929 at home in Williamstown, Pa. She moved to San Antonio, Texas from Middletown in 1966 when she transferred to Kelly Air Force Base, where she worked in the Personnel Department until retirement in 1987. She was preceded in death by her husband William R. Aderholt. She is survived by her sons Steve and Rick Aderholt; a daughter-in-law Marianne Stewart; two sisters Donna and Joan; several nieces and nephews; and her parrot Pepper. A Funeral mass was celebrated on Saturday, February 1 at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church, San Antonio where she was among the original members. Inurnment will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that those who wish to make contributions should do so to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. You may sign the online guestbook at www.missionparks.com under the obituary section.
Dorothy M. Winters, 74, of Middletown, died at home on Saturday, February 1, surrounded by her loving family. She was the daughter of the late Horace B. Tatem Sr. and Martha Manfred Tatem of Middletown. Dottie enjoyed her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and spending time at their family camp in Clinton County. She also enjoyed gardening, canning vegetables, crocheting, playing cards, assembling jigsaw puzzles and playing bingo with her family. Her favorite hobby was collecting salt and pepper shakers. Her brother, Horace B. “Sonny” Tatem Jr., husband of Shirley, of Middletown, passed away in November 2013. She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Ronald G. Winters Sr.; two daughters Debra K. Paulsen, wife of Troy Paulsen of Elizabethtown, and Tammy M. Dobbins, wife of Lauris Dobbins of Manteca, Calif.; six grandchildren David Eagle Jr., Kayla Hofmann, Matt Paulsen, Jason Dobbins, Jeremy Dobbins, and Jenny Dobbins; six great-grandchildren Dylan Eagle, Britney Ketner, Brayden Ketner, Tyler Dobbins, Emiliano
Janice Forney
A memorial service for Janice M. VanFossen Forney is being held on Saturday, February 8 at Faith Outreach Church, at 3 p.m. The church is located at 100 Brown St., Brown St. Mall, Middletown. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the church.
Gomez, and Evelynn Gomez; five sisters Mary K. Houser, wife of Frank Houser, Evelyn M. O’Donnell, widow of Robert O’Donnell, Darlene M. Hemperly, wife of Charles Hemperly, and Cindy L. Lines, wife of David Lines, all of Middletown, and Kay L. Balchunas, wife of Ralph Balchunas of Bainbridge; and one brother Gerald E. Tatem, husband of Martha Tatem of Dillsburg. No immediate services have been planned by the family. They wish to take this opportunity to thank their family and friends for their loving support, comfort, and especially their prayers during Dottie’s illness, and special thanks to the Hospice of Central Pennsylvania staff for their devotion to Dottie’s care. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in Dorothy’s memory to Hospice of Central Pennsylvania, 1320 Linglestown Rd., Harrisburg, PA 17110.
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LaVonne Ackerman • 1438 Old Reliance Road, 939-5584 • LaVonneAck@comcast.net Welcome to fabulous February! Who can argue with this month? It is short, it is closer to spring and it has got heart. Join with me in welcoming this old friend, February. I like to think about candy and hearts, and red and pink – and chocolate and hearts! We have to love February. St. Valentine’s Day is not a holiday just for lovers, but for family, friends and neighbors. So get busy baking, or coloring or cutting out heart-shaped, colorful paper, and get happy. Wishing you a great week. Let me know your news to share. Birthdays Kyle Relken, of Lancaster, is 26 on Wednesday, Feb. 5. Hoping you are still the charming young man you always were, Kyle. Happy birthday! Boots Hockley of Middletown celebrates her super-duper-dazzling cake day on Wednesday, Feb. 5. Be blest, Bev. Happy birthday to decade-old Emily Russell. Hoping your Thursday, Feb. 6 sparkles and glitter birthday is the best yet. Happy 10th! Adrian Landis of Lower Swatara Twp. marks his 15th totally special fun-filled party day on Thursday, Feb. 6. Hope it is super swell, Adrian. Here is a shout out to Vicki Hartman of Middletown. Have a sunshiny happy birthday on Thursday, Feb. 6. David Hill of Lower Swatara celebrates landmark cake day No. 21 on Friday, Feb. 7. Have a fabulous day, David. Best wishes to Doris Stauffer of Londonderry Twp. as she observes her 82nd cake and ice cream day on Saturday, Feb. 8. Wishing you a day of warm breezes and happy smiles. If you see Reggie Williams of Lower Swatara out and about town on Saturday, Feb. 8, be sure to give him your loudest and jolliest happy birthday greeting. Enjoy your birthday weekend, Reggie. Joey Spear of Lower Swatara will be having a ball on Saturday, Feb. 8 as he turns 12. Hope it is just superduper, Joey. More cake for Reggie...wife Melissa Williams will celebrate her special day on Sunday, Feb. 9. Hope you can put your feet up, Melissa. Enjoy!
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Here is a peppy greeting to Andrew Hardison of Lower Swatara, who is turning 19 on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Hope this special day is terrific for you, Andrew. Township meeting The Lower Swatara Twp. Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at the municipal building on Spring Garden Drive. McDaniel dean’s list Daniel Seibert, of Middletown, was named to the dean’s list at McDaniel College, Westminster, Md., for the fall semester. Alvernia dean’s list The following local students were named to the dean’s list at Alvernia University, Reading, for the fall semester: • Derek Kim, of Elizabethtown, a criminal justice major • Kirby Turner, of Elizabethtown, a biochemistry major • Brianna Kuhn, of Elizabethtown, a sport management major • Anna Pantalone, of Hummelstown, an occupational therapy major Georgia Tech honors Alexandra Muscalus, of Hummelstown, earned Faculty Honors at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, for the fall semester. James Madison honors Matthew Betz, of Hummelstown, a kinesiology major, and Jenna Flickinger, of Hummelstown, a graphic design major, were named to the president’s list at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va., for the fall semester.
Williams University, Bristol, R.I. for the fall semester. Mount St. Mary’s dean’s list Francesca Licata, of Hummelstown, was named to the dean’s list at Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, Md., for the fall semester. James Madison dean’s list The following local students were named to the dean’s list at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va., for the fall semester: • Katie Housman, of Middletown, a health services administration major • Hannah Collins, of Hummelstown, a communication studies major • Jocolyn Giovino, of Hummelstown, a marketing major • Luke McCormick, of Hummelstown, a management major • Melanie Mowery, of Hummelstown, a biology major • Hayley Sunderman, of Hummelstown, a marketing major New Hampshire dean’s list Benjamin Claxton, of Hummelstown, was named to the dean’s list with highest honors at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H. for the fall semester. Anniversary Best wishes to Bob and Beth Kuhn as they celebrate their holy matrimony anniversary on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Congrats on 37 years together!
Kutztown dean’s list The following local students were named to the dean’s list at Kutztown University for the fall semester: • Jessica Montano, of Middletown • Kristen Miller, of Hummelstown • Payge Miller, of Hummelstown • Daniel Mummau, of Hummelstown
Easy Broccoli Hamburg Quiche Thank you, Debbie Livingston, of Dauphin, for this warm and yummy recipe! • 1 pound hamburger, browned • 1/4 cup diced or minced onions • chopped broccoli • 2 cups cheddar cheese or cheese of your choice Mix together in greased 10-inch pan. Then take 4 beaten eggs, 1 cup Bisquick, 1/2 tsp. salt and 2 cups milk, blend well and pour over the top of the hamburger-broccoli ingredients. Bake at 400 degrees for 35-40 minutes until golden brown.
Roger Williams dean’s list Elizabeth Crouse, of Hummelstown, was named to the dean’s list at Roger
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2. It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is “shake’’ and the 46th word from the last word is “spear.’’ 3. Karoke means “empty orchestra” in Japanese. 4. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies. 5. Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name. The official name, used on all state documents, is “Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.” Quote of the Week “Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of. An apparently trivial indulgence in lust or anger today is the loss of a ridge or railway line or bridgehead from which the enemy may launch an attack otherwise impossible.” – C.S. Lewis, author Question of the Week What is your favorite TV show? “ ‘Duck Dynasty,’ because I don’t have to think while watching it, and it’s good, clean and wholesome. I don’t have to worry if my kids see it.” – Susan Wagner, Lower Swatara. “ ‘Sofia the First.’ She always wears a ball gown.” – Victoria Kelly, 6, Chambers Hill. “ ‘Yo Gabba Gabba’ on Nick Jr.” – Olivia Snell, 3, Hummelstown. “ ‘Chuck.’ It is action-packed, edgy and funny.” – Jordan Travitz, 18, Lower Swatara. “ ‘Duck Dynasty!’ ” – Diego Berrones, 11, Lower Swatara. “ ‘Modern Family.’ It’s always fresh and new. You can root for the characters and be embarrassed at the same time. Great acting.” – Daniel Clark, Jonestown. Proverb for the Week “Yes, if you want better insight and discernment, and are searching for them as you would for lost money or hidden treasure, then wisdom will be given you, and knowledge of God Himself; you will soon learn the importance of reverence for the Lord and of trusting Him (2:3,4,5).
Genevieve Huff
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Elizabethtown Area High School seniors Genevieve Huff and Patrick Curtin were named the Elizabethtown Rotary Club’s Students of the Month for January for their high academic achievement and extensive involvement in school and community service activities.
Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, and the Junior Statesman Foundation. She is currently training for the Two Rivers Half Marathon to raise money for African restoration. Huff plans to attend college to study political science and history. Curtin, son of Kevin and Kelly Curtin of Elizabethtown, is a member of the National Honor Society. He has been a member of the baseball, soccer and swimming teams; North Museum Science and Engineering Fair Team; Science Olympiad Team; and Ski Club. Curtin has won honorable mention at the North Museum Science and Engineering Fair in the Physics and Astronomy category and the Yale Science and Engineering award. In the community, he volunteers at the Masonic Village Health Care Center and with the Elizabethtown Boys Cub at its annual baseball tournament. He plans to attend college to study mechanical or aerospace engineering.
Huff, daughter of Sarah Daughtrey of Elizabethtown, holds several leadership positions at school, including class vice president and president of the Debate Club, which she helped to found her freshman year. She is active with the chorus, Student Council, Key Club, Model United Nations, mini-THON, Quiz Bowl and Habitat for Humanity. She was a member of the state champion We the People team in her junior year and the national qualifying History Bowl team in her freshman year. She won the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership award as a sophomore. In the community, she has volunteered with United by Blue, Barak
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Megan Caroline Cobaugh and Nicholas James Drawbaugh were named Students of the Month for February at Middletown Area High School. Cobaugh, daughter of Lorie and James Cobaugh, is president of the Key Club and a member of the National Honor Society, Link Crew and Dauphin County 4-H. In the community, she organized the first Shooters for a Cure, an archery shoot that benefitted the Feel Your Boobies organization of Middletown, in 2012 at Hummelstown Field and Stream. She enjoys archery and riding her horse, Aspen. She plans to compete in barrel racing and horse shows with Aspen. Cobaugh works at Kiwi Yogurt, Swatara Twp. She plans to attend St. Michael’s College, Colchester, Vt., to study education and English, and intends to earn a master’s degree in either special education or literacy. “I am so excited!’’ she said of the honor. “I have been dreaming about this moment since freshman year. I am thankful all my hard work throughout school has finally paid off.’’ Drawbaugh, son of Ellen and Herb Drawbaugh, is a member of the football, basketball and baseball teams, and the Link Crew. He has won several awards in football, including second-team honors on the Mid-Penn Conference’s allconference team at the defensive end position in his junior year and first-team honors at the offensive line and defensive end positions in his senior year. In the community, he volunteers at his church’s food bank. He works as
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The two teams from Middletown Area High School that qualified for the regional competition in the Entrepreneurship Challenge are: front row, from left, Eric Belles, Emily Orris and John Ponnett; back row, Alex Mosher, Arlo Antle and Christian Roberts. Two teams from Middletown Area High School finished in the top five at the Entrepreneurship Challenge on Nov. 12 at the Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey, qualifying them for the regional competition on Tuesday, March 11. The contest, sponsored by EconomicsPennsylvania, tests students’ ability to
take an idea for a start-up business from basic elements to a viable business plan. Seventy-five business plans were entered in the local contest. The team of Arlo Antle, Alex Mosher and Christian Roberts placed in the top five with a business plan for “EZ Keyz,’’ a key ring sen-
sor that wirelessly unlocks doors. The team of Eric Belles, Emily Orris and John Ponnett also placed with their “How To App,’’ an application that solves college-level mathematics problems. The top three winners at the regional competition will qualify for the state competition.
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Column No. 730/February 5, 2014
Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, Inc.
The JSHA has a strong focus on researching Hessian individuals, their activities and involvement in the American Revolution with the intent to educate and stimulate interest in our history. It is through your contributions and dues we are able to acquire unpublished material documents that provide for a rich archive of Hessian history available to the public and leads to articles researched for publication in our journals. This year’s journal, The Hessians, promises to be filled with well sourced, thought provoking articles. Featured will be the translation and annotation of Part I of a recently discovered original diary kept by Karl Ludwig Von Doernberg of the Hessian infantry. Also, we can expect Part 5 of the correspondence between the Admiral commanding at Portsmouth and the Admiralty concerning German troops: the 1779-1780 missions to pay and clothe the Convention Troops in Virginia; and an article concerning German soldiers who spoke English. In addition, we will include the ever popular “All in the Family” section. Our readers will be sure to find this 2014 issue to be a particularly interesting one. JSHA has available for purchase many of our publications and journals dating back to 1977. The most recent are the 2011 monograph of the Civil War experiences of Samuel Schwalm titled “The Civil War Letters and Experiences of Samuel Schwalm of the 50th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment” and the Reed genealogical project of the Johannes Schwalm family tree on CD (based on available public documents and census records) titled “The Descendants of Johannes Schwalm and Allied Families.” Refer to our website to order or send requests to our mailing address. Friederike Baer, Professor of History, Abington Penn State Campus, Bucks County, and Will Tatum, Historian of Duchess County, New York, and April/ Seasock, a descendant of Johannes Schwalm were recently added to the JSHA Board of Directors. Also, Jim Seagers, another Board member, has volunteered to administer the Hessian Certificate Program. Jim Seagers brings his experience working similar programs. Refer to our website for additional information. Our Editorial Staff and Board of Directors are all volunteers. While other nonprofit historical organizations similar to JSHA are experiencing financial difficulties, JSHA continues to operate in the black thanks to your continued membership, research contributions and donations to the Endowment Fund. The Endowment Fund is never spent, is invested carefully and will continue to supply income for the association as long as JSHA exists. Thank you for our generosity. JSHA archives are housed at the Special Collections Department in the Martin Library of the Sciences on the Franklin & Marshall Campus in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and all JSHA military microfilms are housed at the David Library of the American Revolution in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania. Both collections are available to the public. For our 2014 annual meeting and Hessian Heritage Day, we encourage you to attend and bring along other family members. Plan a mini-reunion for your branch of the family as the Moser family did in 2013. JSHA has rented the entire park so there is plenty of room to picnic and for numerous branches of the Johannes Schwalm family as well as descendants of other Hessian soldier families to gather at no charge. We request that you let JSHA know if you plan to have your mini-reunion as part of the Hessian Heritage Day. In addition, think about anyone in your family who has an unusual interest or hobby and encourage all those folks to share their interests at the “Share Fare.” It would be great to line the driveway of the park with tables, booths and tents creating a fair-like atmosphere. These interests do not have to be historical; the more variety the better. The next JSHA Hessian Heritage Day and family picnic will be held Sunday, July 13, 2014 (mark your calendars) at Valley View Park in Valley View, Pennsylvania. Please plan to bring your family to this fun filled event during the coming summer (just 7 months from now). The 2014 Journal being researched and written now, will be available for you to pick up at the family picnic or it will be mailed to you in late July of 2014. Thank you for your continued support of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association.
Funeral Home Records Book Released
Volume 3 of Murray Funeral Home Records, Washington D.C., 1926-1933, is now available from the Prince George’s County Genealogical Society, for $20 (Md. residents add 6 percent tax) and $3 shipping. Copies of Volumes 1 & 2 are still available for $20. If ordering more than one book the postage is $3 for the first book and 90¢ for each additional. Please send orders to: Prince George’s County Genealogical Society, Publications – Murray, PO819, Bowie, MD 20718-0819.
Schuylkill County 20th Century Personalities
Several years ago we discovered a gap existed in our personal biographies of people in Schuylkill County. The last book that had any biographies was the Zerby books published in 1935. We appealed to our membership and others soliciting information on men and women who left their mark on their community. As a result of this effort J. Robert Zane and Karen M. Gibson compiled the first book entitled “Schuylkill County 20th Century Personalities.” The book is 159 pages and has 138 biographies of individuals who lived and worked in Schuylkill County leaving their mark on those they came in contact with. It’s an interesting read and one you will enjoy. It is not about the “rich and famous” although some are included, but about those who worked in the mines, managed a business or did something that made them notable. The book is available now at the gift shop at Schuylkill County Historical Society. It sells for $19.95 plus $1.20 tax for those who come into our gift shop to purchase. You may order it by mail or online or at www.schuylkillhistory.org for $25.15.
Society News
The National Genealogical Society of Richmond, Va. is hosting the National Conference on May 7-10, 2014. MAGS will be participating at booth 507 in exhibit hall. More info: http://conference.ngsgenealogy.org/. Federation of Genealogical Societies of San Antonio, Texas, will be held on Aug. 27-30, 2014, National Conference with the theme “Gone to Texas.” More info: https://www.fgsconference.org/. The Gratz Historical Society - For 2014, working on the Lykens Township History continues, and progress is being made, much more of the book will be finished in the coming months. Also, we do have a request for more people to volunteer to help with the indexing. It is a job that is time consuming, and requires concentration. But it is rewarding since it is a way to help to make the book a reality. Please let us know if you are willing to help. Call 717-3653342. We are still looking for information, pictures, recollections, and any information from the eastern section of Lykens Township.
23 Years Ago From The Middletown Journal Files
From The Wednesday, February 6, 1991 Edition Of The Press And Journal Friendship House Offers Foster Care For Young In Central PA When officials of Scranton’s Friendship House foster care agency decided to open a branch office in South Central Pennsylvania, they sought a location that would easily allow them to serve the entire region. A large six-county area had been targeted on behalf of displaced children, so the agency wisely settled on a site that has long been known for it is central location: Middletown. “It’s a great place for what we want to do,” says Carol Townsly, manager of Friendship House’s new branch office at 35 S. Union St. “We can get anywhere from here.” Founded in 1871 as a shelter for homeless individuals, Friendship House was originally called the “Society for Friendless Women & Children of the City of Scranton.” Scranton continues to serve as home base for the agency, which now provides a variety of residential and foster care services for children who need special attention because of medical or emotional difficulties. The facility in Middletown, opened last September, is the agency’s third branch office to deal exclusively with its Specialized Foster Care Program. According to Townsley, this comprehensive service is provided most often to children who may not otherwise get into foster homes. Fire Co. Officials Cheered By Sharp Decline In Call Volume Officials with the Elizabethtown Fire Department are crediting public response to department safety programs for a dramatic drop in the number of calls firefighters were summoned to during 1990. Friendship Fire & Hose Company Chief Robert Zeager and Lieutenant Warren Mueller Jr., director of the company’s safety campaign, say residents within their call area are “the main reasons” for a decline of nearly 20 percent in Friendship’s call volume between 1988 and 1990. “There’s no doubt abut it,” Mueller said in an interview last week. “We’ve been pressing our fire safety awareness program at all levels, but the reason for the decline is the response from our citizens. They’re taking our messages to heart and they’re obviously involved in a real effort at making their homes and businesses safer.” Over the last three years, the community response to safety programs initiated by the fire company has cut Friendship’s fire calls from 347 in 1988 to 318 in 1989. Last year the volume fell to 281 calls, down by a total of 66 from the 1988 figure. “That’s been a substantial decrease in our call volume,” Mueller noted. “that makes our job a lot easier, but it also helps to hold down fire insurance rates in the area we cover. So, the lower call volume translates into benefits for everyone.” Those insurance rates are established under guidelines laid down by the insurance industry and the National Fire Prevention Association, Mueller explained. The ratings are based on the quality of service a fire company provides, on the type of equipment it has and on the training it provides its
firefighters. But all that would mean little, Mueller said, without a community water system capable of providing an adequate water supply to handle fire emergencies. M-town Council Balks At Approving Dauphin County Solid Waste Plan Concerns about allegedly vague or unresolved issues in Dauphin County’s proposed Solid Waste Management Plan prompted Middletown Borough Council in Monday night to postpone possible approval of the plan until Council’s February 19 committee meeting. “I have a lot of concerns and questions about this plan,” Councilman George Elberti declared, “and so does COG (Lower Dauphin Council of governments). There are a lot of things we should look into before we take any action on this. We have until March 13 to approve this plan, if that’s what we want to do, so I don’t see any need to rush into this.” Under Pa. Act 101 of 1988, every county in the state must prepare a solid waste management plan and submit it for approval to the state Department of Environmental Resources by March 26. Before it can be officially adopted, municipalities representing more than 50 percent of each county’s population must approve their respective plans. County commissioners approved the Dauphin County plan in December. Elberti stressed the need for further consultation with the Dauphin County Intermunicipal Solid Waste Authority (DCISWA) to try to get more accurate information about the Borough’s annual costs to participate in the County’s proposed waste management plan. “We have to have some accurate figures, not estimates,” Elberti stressed. “We need a lot more concrete information before we can make an intelligent decision on this. I think we should table consideration of the plan until a later date.” Although David Ball, DCISWA director, recited a list of municipalities that have already approved the county plan, Elberti noted that some members of Hummelstown Borough Council, which had approved the plan earlier, are now having “some second thoughts” about that action. In the end, Council was swayed by Elberti’s arguments and voted unanimously to table the matter. Ball subsequently agreed to meet with Council on Wednesday, February 20 to discuss the proposed plan further. Prices From 23 Years Ago Glazed Donuts 12 pk................$1.99 La Rouge Red Peppers $1.39/lb. Dutch Loaf $1.99/lb. Pennsylvania Mushrooms 12 oz. pk................................$1.19 San Giorgio Ziti 16 oz. box.........49¢ Touch of Butter Spread 3 lb.....$1.29 Temple Oranges........................ 6/$1 Kunzler Bun Stuffers Sausages 12 oz. pkg..............................$1.59 Cole’s Garlic Bread 16 oz........$1.49 Johnson’s Dental Floss 150 ft. size................................93¢ Tyson Chicken Patties 10 oz. box..............................$2.77
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Town Topics News & happenings for Middletown and surrounding areas.
Blue & Gold Club meeting
The next monthly meeting of the Blue & Gold Club will be held at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 9 in the Middletown High School library. All club members are welcome to attend.
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CHURCH Continued From Page One
On Sunday, Feb. 2 – exactly 135 years to the day the church was originally dedicated – members of the congregation and the community gathered to celebrate the first church service since renovations began. A fresh coat of white paint, tan trim, and red carpet replaced the beige and mauve paint and yellow carpet that was there before. But many of the changes were a nod to the past. “We’re renewing the sanctuary, but in doing so, we focused on restoring some of the historic
elements of this space,” said Ellen Willenbecher, a lifelong member who helped coordinate the renovations. “It was part of our gratitude for the detail and the beautiful work that our forefathers and mothers had given to this space in 1879.” One of the timely elements was recreating a raised plaster design that fills the walls and surrounds the stained glass. Cherry wood now is a background to the original gold cross that hangs on the front wall, and a cherry wood arch enhances the Victorian gothic architecture that is original to the sanctuary, said
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Londonderry Fire Company, 2655 Foxianna Rd., Middletown, will hold a Bingo Mania on Sunday, Feb. 9. Doors and kitchen open at noon; bingo starts at 2 p.m. •••••
Booster Club pasta dinner
The Middletown Boys Basketball Booster Club is sponsoring an all-you-caneat pasta dinner from noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 9 at Middletown American Legion, Post 594, 137 East High St., Middletown. Readers can purchase tickets at any home game or contact Sandy Harper at slharper@ verizon.net or 717-986-0399; Chris Phillips at Middletown Area High School; or Matt Kleinfelter at Middletown Area Middle School. Tickets are also available at the door.
Pastor Dr. J. Richard Eckert. “Your eyes are drawn to the cross, I think,” he said. “Then, the arches draw your eyes up. One of the amazing things is that little gold star up [on the ceiling] that has been overlooked a long time.” The eight-pointed star on the ceiling is a symbol of baptism and regeneration, new birth and new life. “It has all that meaning, reminding us of Jesus’ love and life. Because of it, we have a new life,” Eckert said. Several church members, including Willenbecher, Herr Moore, Michael Dougherty, and Sharon Beard, were heavily involved with the project – and having everyone come together to get the work done has been one of the best parts of the project, Eckert said. “It has been beautiful to watch each step occur,” he said. “I believe that the spirit, the hand of God was guiding us, and we were receiving something beyond what we could imagine.” The church, at Spring and N. Union streets, is inviting the community to an open house and hymn sing, where residents can see the work for themselves, at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 23. Noelle Barrett: 717-944-4628, or noellebarrett@pressandjournal. Press And Journal Photos by Noelle Barrett
New cherry wood highlights the gold cross above the altar.
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St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Middletown was dedicated exactly 135 years ago on Feb. 2.
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Attending the check presentation ceremony at Penn State Harrisburg are, from left, Annie Stover, Mutoya Niyibizi, Samantha Henderson, Andy Dessel, Jennifer Bear, Feel Your Boobies founder Leigh Hurst, Laurie Dobrosky and Jason Fluke.
Campus ball raises $2,500 for foundation A Penn State Harrisburg student group raised more than $2,500 for the Feel Your Boobies Foundation, a cancer awareness organization based in Middletown. The Penn State Harrisburg Lion Ambassadors raised the money at their annual Boobies Ball in October. They presented a check to Feel Your Boobies
founder Leigh Hurst on Friday, Jan. 31 at the Olmsted Building on campus. The ball was launched in 2005, and since has raised more than $10,000 for the Feel Your Boobies Foundation. The 2013 ball attracted more than 300 students. The foundation provides free breast health materials to Penn State Har-
risburg and other colleges in the area and throughout the country. “The work done by the foundation to increase awareness of breast cancer in young women resonates with our students,’’ said Laurie Dobrosky, assistant director for alumni relations and the advisor to the Lion Ambassadors.
Car crashes into downtown building; motorist arrested By Noelle Barrett
Press And Journal Staff
A York County man was arrested after he allegedly struck a South Union Street building with a car he was driving and fled around 2 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 2, police said. Reuben Jason Estrada, 30, of Dover, was charged by Middletown police with DUI, DUI-highest rate, failure to stop at the scene of an accident, involvement in an accident causing damage to unattended property and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle after he struck the building housing Raudenbush Engineering at 29 S.
WORKER Continued From Page One accident, Brandt said. Shope graduated from Middletown Area High School in 2004. He enjoyed hunting and fishing, according to his obituary, and his Facebook page is filled with hunting and fishing photos, and scenes of the Susquehanna River. His funeral was scheduled to be held on Monday, Feb. 3 in Hershey. Noelle Barrett: 717-944-4628, or noellebarrett@pressandjournal.com
Union St., according to Chief Steven Wheeler. The accident damaged the front of the building, Wheeler said. Police officers apprehended Estrada several blocks away near the 7-Eleven convenience store on East Main Street, Wheeler said. Estrada did not have the car owner’s permission to drive the vehicle, Wheeler said. Estrada was suspected of DUI and was also wanted for warrants issued in York County, according to Wheeler.
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water from a few of the hydrants, and firefighters had to bring some water in from the town, Acri said. “They did a good job of bringing it under control, considering what they had – a lot of steel beams and things,” Acri said. Steelton firefighters remained on scene to deal with hot spots for several hours, and were called back later Sunday evening for more hot spots, he said. “The fire was burning pretty good
Estrada was taken to Dauphin County Judicial Center for processing, where he allegedly refused to submit to chemical testing, Wheeler said. “PennDOT will be notified of his refusal to submit to chemical testing, which could result in suspension of his operating privileges in addition to any penalty imposed if convicted of the charges filed,” according to a press release issued by Middletown police Noelle Barrett: 717-944-4628, or noellebarrett@pressandjournal.com
for awhile,” recalled Fernandez. “It was still smoldering a bit [Monday] morning.” The plant, which is one of three rail producers in North America, according the the ArcellorMittal website, was set to return to normal production Tuesday, Feb. 4, Fernandez said. A spokesman for ArcellorMittal did not respond to e-mail and phone requests for information. Noelle Barrett: 717-944-4628, or noellebarrett@pressandjournal.com
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2014
MIDDLETOWN AREA BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Middletown’s playoff hopes take a hit Losses to Rollers, York Suburban damage Raiders’ postseason dreams Middletown tops Susquenita for Senior Night victory By Larry Etter
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Any hopes the Middletown boys’ basketball team had of making the District 3 playoffs faded away last week as the Blue Raiders won just one of their three games. Following a loss on Tuesday, Jan. 28 to Steelton-Highspire, the Raiders bounced back with a nice victory over Susquenita on Friday, Jan. 31. But Middletown fell back a step on Saturday, Feb. 1 in a non-league loss to York Suburban. The win left the Raiders (9-11, 7-7 in the Mid-Penn Conference Capital Division) well short of the goal of 12 victories that Coach Chris Sattele felt his team would need to qualify for postseason play. The season was scheduled to wrap up this week with a non-divisional contest at Central Dauphin East on Tuesday, Feb. 4 and a final game against Greencastle-Antrim, another non-divisional foe, on Thursday, Feb. 6. That game will be played at the Middletown Area Middle School. Still, a pair of wins in the final two games would end the season on a positive note for the Raiders.
Middletown 45 Susquenita 28
The Raiders’ Senior Night victory over visiting Susquenita on Friday
in Middletown was no thing of beauty, but it was still a win. Coming off a humbling 80-41 defeat at the hands of SteeltonHighspire on Tuesday, Middletown got off to a slow start against the Blackhawks (2-19, 0-14) and led by just 4 points, 15-11, at the game’s halfway point. But a 17-10 scoring advantage in the third quarter propelled the Raiders to a 32-21 lead after three quarters, and the home team cruised to the final decision. Junior guard Ladhellis Charleston led the way with a game-high 17 points in the victory. Sattele honored his seniors by sending four players out on the floor who were not normally included in the starting five. Along with regular starter Cody Fox, Sattele had Dylan Danilowicz, Bobby Harper, Levi Varner and Bradley Phillps lead off the game against the Blackhawks. That group played the first 4:00 of the contest and gave way to the regulars with a 3-2 lead at the 4:11 mark of the opening period. Shortly after Charleston, Nick Drawbaugh, Mel Fager and Brandon Harper took over, Harper suffered a deep cut on his chin and had to leave the game. The promising 6’6” sophomore went to a hospital for stitches and did not return.
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Middletown seniors posing for a photo with their parents on Senior Night, from left, Levi Varner, Bobby Harper, Cody Fox, Bradley Phillips, Mel Fager III, Nick Drawbaugh and Dylan Danilowicz. With both teams struggling on offense in the first half, points were at a premium. After Susquenita edged ahead, 6-4, with 1:11 left in the first quarter, Charleston drove the baseline for the tying bucket and added a free throw to give the Raiders a 7-6 lead with 51 ticks left.
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The score remained unchanged until Susquenita’s Shane Smith made one of two foul shots to knot the score at 7-7 at 5:43 of the second stanza. Thirty-three seconds later, Danilowicz converted his own steal into the go-ahead points and the Raiders never trailed from that point on.
Fox’s reverse layup off a Drawbaugh assist, a short jumper by sub Osman Kamara and a buzzer-beating layup by Varner offset a pair of Blackhawk goals by Jake Nace and led to a 15-11 lead for the Raiders at the break. Middletown got another scare when
Fox went down hard earlier in the period, but the tough senior guard came back to play the second half. Charleston, who registered 11 of his points in the third quarter, led the Raider charge to start the second half Please See RAIDERS, Page B4
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MIDDLETOWN AREA GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
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DIVISION CHAMPS
Raiders bounce back to beat Steel-High, claim first division title By Noelle Barrett
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It seemed to be Steelton-Highspire’s night. Ahead at halftime in a girls’ basketball game, Steel-High was on its way to upsetting division-leading Middletown on Tuesday, Jan. 28 in Middletown. The Rollers stretched their lead to as much as 11 points. But there was just one problem: It was Ja’lynn Burton-Jones’ night, too. Burton-Jones, Middletown’s leading scorer, tallied 28 points, and her defensive play helped lift Middletown to a 50-45 comeback victory. “Burton-Jones – she’s so aggressive. That’s what makes her good,” said Steeton-Highspire Coach Jeffrey Chisholm. “So if we’re coming for the ball slow, she’s coming to get us.” Turns out it was the entire Middle-
town team’s night: The Raiders (18-3) clinched the first Mid-Penn Conference Capital Division crown in team history with the victory and secondplace Susquenita’s loss to Camp Hill on the same night. Middletown finished with a 13-1 record in the division, 2-1/2 games ahead of second-place West Perry and three ahead of Susquenita. Now the Raiders will play for the Mid-Penn Conference championship, facing Mechanicsburg (18-2), the winner of the conference’s Keystone Division, in a semifinal game at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at Cumberland Valley High School. Cumberland Valley faces Greencastle-Antrim in the other semifinal, with the winners scheduled to play for the title at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13 at Milton Hershey School. “Personally, I’ve wanted to get a league title for the last 12 years, and
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I got it. No one’s ever won one at Middletown,” said Middletown Coach Chris Hunter. “So it’s that first banner that’s going to up on the wall, that first girls’ trophy plaque in the trophy case. We’re going to own that, and that’s what our girls set out to do – and they got it this year, and I’m very proud.” Ceani Beaden scored 18 points and I’jianique Simmons added 13 points for the Rollers. Jey Rivera posted 10 points for Middletown. Early on, Steel-High and Middletown were neck-and-neck before the Rollers pulled ahead 15-11 at the end of the first. Steel-High continued to push forward, edging the Raiders in the second quarter to take a 27-21 lead at the half. “They [Steel-High] were playing really physical in the first half. I thought they were getting away with a lot of hand-checking,” Hunter said. “At halftime, I told our kids, ‘It’s going to be a physical game, so go ahead and push back, go ahead and get up in their faces and give it back to them,’ and I think that’s what we did.” Baskets by Malani Tate-DeFreitas, Beaden and Ayana Flowers helped the Rollers stretch their lead to 11 points 36-25, with 4:30 left in the third quarter. But the Raiders rallied, with BurtonJones scoring two baskets and three free throws and Mackenzie Lombardi adding a basket. Middletown’s 9-point scoring outburst was interrupted only by two Roller free throws, and Middletown tightened the gap to 38-35 by the end of the third quarter. “We started off really slow the first half. We weren’t playing to the intensity level that we should be,” Rivera said “We haven’t lost on our home court and we didn’t want to start today.” Like many games, Middletown began to gain momentum near the end, but the Rollers didn’t give up. Beaden scored a free throw before Middletown rebounded. On the Raiders possession, a pass from Lombardi to Rivera was batted away Steel-High’s Leana Borreli. Tate-DeFreitas hit the ball back to Borreli who drove in for a layup, but missed. Beaden scored a basket on the rebound to give Steel-High a 41-35 lead. But Burton-Jones brought Middletown back with a 3-point shot from downtown, and a second 3-pointer, by Rivera, tied the game at 41-41 with 4:58 left. Burton-Jones continued to connect with the net, sinking a basket and a free throw to give Middletown the lead for the first time since the first quarter. Bianca Jasper hit two foul shots and Burton-Jones added a basket to put Middletown ahead, 48-41, with 2:30 left. The Rollers tried to recover, with Beaden adding two free throws, but Middletown stepped to the free throw line twice and sank two foul shots to take a 50-43 lead with 1:18 left. “We did good the whole game, we just started slacking during the last little bit of the half of the fourth quarter,” Simmons said. “We played really well and we played like we wanted it. I just feel like we gave it to them at the end.” The Rollers gave it their all, but the
“Personally, I’ve wanted to get a league title for the last 12 years, and I got it. No one’s ever won one at Middletown.” Chris Hunter Middletown Coach Raiders hung on for the win. “We played sporadically well,’’ Hunter said. “We had some good moments. We had some bad moments, but I thought we buckled down defensively, especially in the fourth quarter, and stopped penetration from the point guard.” The final minutes of the game proved to be the most crucial for Middletown. “We picked up our intensity. We started running our plays,” Rivera said. “We were moving the ball better, cutting, just moving all around instead of standing still and just expecting things to get done.” And while the Rollers are proud of the strong effort, they hope to move forward to the postseason. Like Middletown, Steelton-Highspire holds a District 3 playoff spot in the district’s power ratings. Middletown holds a spot in Class AAA, while Steel-High (6-15) holds a spot in Class A. “We’re hungry,’’ Beaden said. “We want to win. Losing isn’t fun. Nobody wants to lose. We have to be hungry from the time the ball goes up, until the time goes 0:0 in the fourth quarter.” Both teams are looking to the playoffs and have high hopes to finish out the season. “We hustled tonight. We’ve got to get more hungry,” said Borreli. “We’re a family and we’ve got to stick together. The court’s our home.”
Middletown 57 Susquenita 47
Going into the matchup on Friday, Jan. 31, Middletown had already clinched the Mid-Penn Capital crown with a two-game lead over Susquenita. But the Raiders wanted to make a statement with a win against the Blackhawks – and they did. Middletown pulled away with a strong fourth-quarter effort. The Raiders were ahead 26-23 at the half, but trailed by two points, 37-35 at the end of the third. But Middletown outscored Susquenita 22-10 in the final stanza to win.
East Pennsboro 53 Steel-High 47
Steel-High fell short against East Pennsboro on Friday, Jan. 31 in Steelton. Simmons led the Rollers with 12 points and 10 rebounds, while TateDeFreitas added 11 points, including three 3-pointers, and Flowers scored 9 points and grabbed 15 rebounds. The Rollers out-rebounded East Pennsboro, but it wasn’t enough. Steel-High led 9-8 after the first quarter, and battled the Panthers (911) to a 26-26 tie at the half. But East Pennsboro out-scored the Rollers by six points in the third quarter, and took the victory.
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Nationally-ranked Seahawks tame Lions, 79-55 By Tom Klemick
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For the second time this season, Penn State Harrisburg hung with 25thranked St. Mary’s for a good portion of their contest – but the Seahawks used timely buckets to slow the Lions and win. St. Mary’s beat the Blue & White, 7955 on Saturday, Feb. 1 in St. Mary’s, Md. in a Capital Athletic Conference matchup, extending Penn State Harrisburg’s losing streak to six games. The Lions (6-13, 3-8 in the conference) haven’t won since they upset 14th-ranked Christopher Newport on Jan. 11. For the second-straight game, senior captain Will Doyle was Penn State Harrisburg’s high scorer. The versatile, do-it-all guard netted 17 points and upped his team-leading scoring average to 15.1 points per game for the season. The Lions grabbed their first lead of the day at the 18:32 mark when Rayshaun Anderson-Brown converted a layup to make it 4-2. St. Mary’s (14-5, 8-3) regained the advantage and held strong over the next few minutes, but a tip-in by the Lions’ Kenny Stone put Penn State Harrisburg back in the lead with 14:36 remaining in the first half. The Seahawks fought back and eventually jumped back in front by as many as 4 points, but Doyle kept the Blue & White within striking distance when he knocked down his first 3-pointer of the afternoon to tie the score, 19-19,
at the 10:46 mark. From there, however, St. Mary’s effectively put the game out of reach by putting together a momentum-shifting 19-2 run to end the first half. After battling to keep Penn State Harrisburg at bay just minutes earlier, St. Mary’s took a commanding 38-21 lead into the break. The Seahawks picked up where they left off when the second half got underway, scoring the first 10 points of the half. In all, the Lions failed to score a point for nearly 13 minutes of game time until Doyle single-handedly heated up over a stretch of 1:30, bringing St. Mary’s game-changing 29-2 run to an end. With the Blue & White trailing 48-21, Doyle converted back-to-back layups before connecting from beyond the arc and knocking down a pair of free throws to draw Penn State Harrisburg within 20 points with just over 16 minutes remaining in regulation. Unfortunately, Doyle and his Lion teammates were unable to keep up the comeback pace as the second half wore on. Trailing 59-30, the Blue & White made one last valiant push, putting together a 15-0 run that saw Joey Farthing, Middletown Area High School grad Jared Deibler, Jamaal Dubose, Logan Stovall and Winton Lyle all contributing points. Penn State Harrisburg cut the once seemingly insurmountable deficit to 59-45 with 9:04 left to play, but that’s as close as the Lions got.
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Penn State Harrisburg’s Will Doyle (34), shown here in a game against Wesley, led the Lions with 17 points in their loss to 25thranked St. Mary’s. Lyle contributed 10 points off the bench while Stone, Farthing and Dubose netted 6 points apiece. Deibler and Anderson-Brown added 4 points each. Stone grabbed a team-high six rebounds while Farthing swiped four steals and dished out three assists St. Mary’s outshot the Lions from the field 47.6 percent to 33.9 percent and from the free throw line 90.9 percent to 76.5 percent. The Seahawks outrebounded Penn State Harrisburg 41-30 while the home team assisted on 20 of its 30 field goals compared to just eight for the Blue & White.
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MIDDLETOWN AREA ICE HOCKEY
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Lion women lose grip on playoff spot Losses to St. Mary’s, 8th-ranked York force a must-win game in Frostburg By Adam Clay
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Middletown’s C.J. Gabner, center, moves up the ice against Penn Manor.
Middletown’s Nick Maneval, center, makes a pass against Penn Manor.
Crisswell scores hat trick in Senior Night loss to Penn Manor Senior Noah Crisswell scored a hat trick on Senior Night, but Middletown fell to Penn Manor, 11-3, on Friday, Jan. 31 in a CPIHL game at Twin Ponds East. The Blue Raiders (4-12-1, 9 points) have one game left in their season, a scheduled road game against powerful Susquehanna Twp. (14-2-0, 28 points) at 7:45 p.m. at Twin Ponds East. Crisswell scored two goals within 25 seconds in the second period to bring Middletown to within four, 6-2, at 11:26, but Penn Manor (14-2-0, 28 points) broke the string with a goal to take a 7-2 lead. Crisswell’s third goal of the second period, at 15:09, brought Middletown again within four, 7-3. Kyle Petoni and Lindy Vicari each scored a hat trick for Penn Manor. Middletown goalie Robert Allen made 49 saves. Penn Manor outshot Middletown, 60-19.
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Nick Maneval, the team’s leading scorer, scored two goals and C.J. Gabner scored a goal and tallied three assists in the Raiders’ victory over Northern York (1-16-0, 2 points) on Monday, Jan. 27 at Twin Ponds East. Maneval’s second goal of the game, at 5:29 of the third period, gave Middletown a 4-1 lead, and the Raiders held off the Polar Bears for the win. Maneval’s first goal at 14:03 of the
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Middletown’s game against Penn Manor was the last scheduled home game for seniors C.J. Gabner, left, and Noah Crisswell. Crisswell scored a hat trick in the game. first period tied the game, 1-1, before the Raiders took charge with a twogoal second period. Middletown goalie Dustin Wolfe
made 18 saves in the victory. The Raiders outshot Northern York, 40-21. Maneval leads Middletown in goals (18), assists (10) and points (28).
Penn State Harrisburg’s Kaitlyn Carmo proved to herself and the rest of the Capital Athletic Conference that she is one of the best guards in the league, scoring 28 points in the Lions’ 60-54 loss to St. Mary’s on Saturday, Feb. 1 in St. Mary’s, Md. The loss forces the Lions (5-14, 1-10 in the conference) to get hot quickly and win on the road if they hope to stay in the playoff race. Penn State Harrisburg is two games behind St. Mary’s for the final playoff spot. The Lions travel to Frostburg State, which is still in the race for the playoffs, for a showdown on Wednesday, Feb. 5. Carmo has been having a tremendous rookie season with her aggressive but poised play from the shooting guard position. She currently leads the Blue & White in points, steals, field goal percentage and 3-point percentage. She is also the second in rebounding only behind teammate Kiara Carter. Lucky Snypse provided strong numbers off the bench for the Lions, leading the team with nine rebounds, while Middletown Area High School grad Hannah Jorich and Carmo were the assist leaders, each passing the ball off for three. Penn State Harrisburg started the first half strong by jumping out to an early 19-8 lead in the first 9:00 of play. Snypse’s layup with 7:10 to play gave the Lions a 21-12 lead before the Seahawks (7-11, 4-7) started to claw back. St. Mary’s used a 13-2 run over a six-minute period to tie the game, 25-25, with 1:00 left in the first half. Both teams picked up the intensity in the second half, and would not allow any big runs. With about 10:00 left in the game, the contest was tied, 42-42. Things stayed tight through the second half as both teams exchanged buckets and neither team built a lead greater than three points. Both teams had a chance to win the game in the end. But it was the Seahawks who used four consecutive free throws to finally break the game open a bit and pull out the victory.
York 63, Lions 30
When a Top 10 team comes to your gymnasium, it adds a huge element to the game. But No. 8 York was also undefeated when it visited Middle-
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Eagles take flight late, beat Middletown, 42-24 Dover broke an 18-18 tie by winning five of the final six bouts and beat Middletown 42-24 in wrestling on Monday, Jan. 27 in Middletown. Three Middletown wrestlers won by pins: Corbin Stetler at 132 pounds, Todd Houser at 145 pounds and Logan Stoltzfus at 106 pounds. Stetler’s pin of Andrew Rhodes at 1:10 lifted the Blue Raiders (5-9) into an early 6-6 tie with the Eagles (9-5). Middletown’s Bobby Johnson followed with a 6-4 decision over Dover’s Zachary Pelkey at 138 to stake the Raiders to a 9-6 lead. Houser then pinned Dover’s Tad
Middletown 195-pound wrestler Aaron Gray, at left, top, shows determination in a preliminary exhibition bout against a Dover wrestler.
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Middletown’s Todd Houser, below, center, pins Dover’s Tad Pequignot in a 145 pound bout.
Pequignot at 0:43 at 145 to improve the Raiders’ lead to 15-6. Middletown’s Seth Babil won a 7-0 decision over Dover’s Ian Flohr at 170 pounds to give the Raiders an 18-12 lead. Three Dover pins – at 182, 220 and 113 – and two major decisions were interrupted only by Stoltzfus’ pin of Dover’s Casey Long at 1:11.
Hershey 43, Middletown 23
Hershey (10-8) won the last four bouts to claim a victory over the Raiders on Thursday, Jan. 30 at Hershey. Middletown won five bouts to hang close. Stoltzfus won by technical fall, 15-0 over Hershey’s Ryan Shultz at 106 pounds to put the Raiders on the board. Ulysses Hernandez put Middletown in the lead, 9-6, by pinning Hershey’s Patrick Ross at 3:00 at 113 pounds. Houser won a 9-4 decision over Hershey’s Umer Quereshi at 145 pounds, and Will Botterbusch pinned Hershey’s Andrew Schwenk at 3:39 for Middletown.
Photo by John Diffenderfer
Penn State Harrisburg’s Kaitlyn Carmo (13), shown in a game against Christopher Newport, scored 28 points in the Lions’ 60-54 loss to St. Mary’s. town on Wednesday, Jan. 29, and the chance to hand the Spartans their first loss added a whole other element to the matchup. The Lions knew that this would not be an easy task – they knew they had start the game off strong. But York caught Penn State Harrisburg sleeping early, opening the game with a 16-2 run in the first 9:00. The Lions didn’t let the run faze them, however. They responded with an 8-0 run to bring themselves within reach. After a back-and-forth first half, Penn State Harrisburg trailed by only 6 points, 23-17, with 4:11 to play before halftime.
Unfortunately, as the half came to a close, the Spartans showed why they are a Top 10 team, going on an 11-0 run to take a 34-17 lead at the intermission. As the second half started, the game had changed. The early effort and intensity the Lions had showed during most of the first half had been squashed by the power of the Spartans’ shooting and overall solid play in the second half. Carter was strong for the Lions in the loss, pulling down 14 rebounds, scoring 5 points and blocking two shots. Jasmine Yanich and Carmo led the Lions in scoring with 7 points each.
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as the Middletown side quickly took control. His steal and drive to the hoop kicked off a 10-2 run that paced the home team to a 25-13 cushion by the 3:16 mark of the third period. Charleston made two foul shots and converted another theft for 2 points, Fox added a goal from the low post and Fager scored off another Susquenita turnover to complete the run. The Blackhawks collected 8 points in the last 2:55 of the quarter to stay within range at 27-20, but Drawbaugh scored off a Fager pass and Charleston drained a 3-pointer from the right wing with 2 ticks left to keep the Raiders out in front 32-21 heading into the final frame. Charleston and Fox scored the first 4 points of the fourth quarter to expand the lead to 36-21, and the Middletown side maintained the upper hand through the game’s final 5:00 with a 9-3 scoring advantage. Phillips closed out the scoring with a pair of foul shots with 46 seconds left.
Steelton-Highspire 80 Middletown 41
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As was the case the first time these two teams met on Jan. 8, the Raiders were simply no match for the highflying Rollers (17-4, 13-1). With the combined talents of speed, quickness, above-average shooting and smothering defense, the Rollers jumped out to an early lead and never looked back. With the Raiders struggling on offense (5 turnovers and 2-of-11 shooting from the floor) the Rollers busted out to a 24-10 lead by the close of the opening quarter. A pair of 3-pointers by Fox and Charleston was all the Middletown squad would get from the floor in the game’s first period. Meanwhile, Steel-High’s Rameik James popped in a trio of treys to lead the Roller charge. The Raiders managed to collect 13 points in the second stanza but the Rollers chipped in 17 markers to expand their advantage to 41-23 at the halftime break. Kamara scored 5 points for the Raiders while Jaki Bowman registered 9 of his game-high 22 points for the Rollers in the period. A rash of turnovers pushed the Middletown side deeper into a hole in the third quarter as the Rollers ran off the first 14 points of the second half to build their advantage to 55-23. Danilowicz broke the string by sinking a pair of technical foul shots at the 3:46 mark. Drawbaugh scored three late baskets to give the Raiders a bit of a lift but the Rollers held a comfortable 63-23 lead
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Middletown’s Cody Fox (24) challenges a SteeltonHighspire defender. heading into the final frame. An early goal by Brandon Harper and a pair of foul shots by Fager around a Steel-High basket started the Raiders off on the right foot in the fourth period, but the Rollers scored 6 straight points to climb to a 71-36 lead. Charleston ripped a 3-pointer and Bobby Harper added a basket following a Roller turnover, but those points turned out to be all the Middletown side would get. A trio of late threes, including two by Bowman in the last 2:00, closed out the win for Steel-High.
York Suburban 67 Middletown 51
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free throws 23 seconds later to give the Raiders and early 5-0 lead. Fager’s triple following a Trojan basket pushed the Middletown advantage to 8-2 at 6:20. But the Trojans scored back-to-back goals and followed a bucket by Fox with two more to gain an 11-10 edge with 3:10 left. Drawbaugh scored twice in the waning minutes of the period but York Suburban scored three times to earn a 17-14 lead heading into the second stanza. The Trojans earned a 15-12 scoring advantage in the second quarter and held a 32-26 lead at the halftime break. Fox had 5 of his team-high 13 points to lead the Raiders in the quarter. The Raiders started off the second half with a goal by Drawbaugh off a Danilowicz assist, but the Trojans scored back-to-back baskets three times around a pair of triples by Charleston and Drawbaugh to climb to a 44-34 lead with 2:15 left in the third quarter. Charleston sank two foul shots and then added a basket and free throw following a Trojan miss to cut the York
Suburban lead to just five, 44-39, with 1:26 left in the third quarter. But Kevin Moats, who ended up with a game-high 21 points for the host team, popped in a late basket and then started off the fourth quarter with another goal to push the lead up to 48-39. Kamara scored off a Charleston pass at 7:04 but the Trojans outpointed the Raiders in a decisive 7-1 run over the next 1:30 to push the Raiders into a 55-42 hole. Kamara, Charleston, Danilowicz and Fox put up points for the Middletown side during the following several minutes, but the Raiders would get no closer than 10 points the rest of the way. Fox fouled out of the game after cutting the Trojans lead to 59-49 with 1:45 left. Bobby Harper scored the final Middletown points with 40 seconds on the clock, and York Suburban collected 5 points in the last 35 seconds to close out the win. Photo by Bill Darrah
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Middletown’s Brandon Harper (20) rejects a shot by a SteeltonHighspire player.
Standings for 2-5-14 BOYS’ BASKETBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Capital Division W L OVERALL Steelton-Highspire 13 1 17-4 Milton Hershey 11 3 15-6 Camp Hill 9 5 14-8 East Pennsboro 9 5 11-8 Middletown 7 7 9-11 Northern York 4 9 6-15 West Perry 2 11 3-18 Susquenita 0 14 2-19 Last week’s games York Suburban 67, Middletown 51 Middletown 43, Susquenita 28 Steelton-Highspire 80, Middletown 41 Steelton-Highspire 57, East Pennsboro 48 Steelton-Highspire 72, York Suburban 49 This week’s games - Thursday, Feb. 6 Greencastle-Antrim at Middletown, 7:30 p.m., Middletown Area Middle School MID-PENN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Semifinals Tuesday, Feb. 11 Steelton-Highspire vs. Bishop McDevitt, 7:30 p.m., Cumberland Valley High School Boiling Springs vs. Commonwealth Division winner (Harrisburg, Carlisle or Cumberland Valley), 7:30 p.m., Big Spring High School Final Thursday, Feb. 13 Steelton-Highspire/Bishop McDevitt winner vs. Boiling Springs/Commonwealth Division winner, 7:30 p.m., Milton Hershey School DISTRICT 3 POWER RATINGS CLASS AAA (Top 18 qualify for playoffs) TEAM RATING 1. Bishop McDevitt (19-1) 0.811509 2. West York (21-1) 0.772215 3. Boiling Springs (18-2) 0.756530 4. Berks Catholic (17-3) 0.752122 5. Susquehanna Twp. (13-5) 0.747361 6. Bermudian Springs (19-1) 0.733580 7. Manheim Central (18-2) 0.720628 8. Lancaster Mennonite (15-4) 0.715570 9. Steelton-Highspire (17-4) 0.700636 10. Lancaster Catholic (15-5) 0.689681 11. Conrad Weiser (14-5) 0.686810 12. Milton Hershey (15-6) 0.661441 13. Gettysburg (14-7) 0.652050 14. Northern Lebanon (15-5) 0.650457 15. York Suburban (15-6) 0.646921 16. Wyomissing (14-6) 0.617271 17. Northeastern (11-10) 0.607682 18. Eastern York (12-9) 0.606241 ••••• 19. Dover (9-11) 0.591978 20. East Pennsboro (11-8) 0.579201 21. Fleetwood (11-8) 0.559316 22. Middletown (9-11) 0.531146 31. Donegal (3-16) 0.368806 Keystone Division W L OVERALL Bishop McDevitt 14 1 19-1 Hershey 10 5 13-7 Susquehanna Twp. 9 3 13-5 Lower Dauphin 8 6 12-7
Mechanicsburg 8 6 12-7 Cedar Cliff 6 8 11-9 Trinity 5 10 7-12 Red Land 3 11 5-14 Palmyra 1 14 5-16 Last week’s games Cedar Cliff 72, Lower Dauphin 55 This week’s games Wednesday, Feb. 5 Lower Dauphin at Shippensburg, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 Cedar Cliff at Lower Dauphin, 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 Mechanicsburg at Lower Dauphin, noon DISTRICT 3 POWER RATINGS CLASS AAAA (Top 20 qualify for playoffs) TEAM RATING 1. Wilson (19-2) 0.820945 2. Central York (18-2) 0.818931 3. Cedar Crest (16-4) 0.782503 4. Reading (15-6) 0.760717 5. Harrisburg (16-5) 0.760436 6. Hempfield (15-5) 0.754655 7. Red Lion (18-3) 0.753740 8. Cumberland Valley (15-5) 0.752926 9. McCaskey (14-6) 0.743612 10. York (15-5) 0.737229 11. Carlisle (14-6) 0.731528 12. Hershey (13-7) 0.700816 13. Lebanon (14-6) 0.694453 14. CD East (12-8) 0.688749 15. Mechanicsburg (12-7) 0.686594 16. Lower Dauphin (12-7) 0.684340 17. Waynesboro (15-5) 0.675565 18. Manheim Twp. (11-9) 0.673295 19. Exeter Twp. (12-9) 0.657467 20. Daniel Boone (11-10) 0.651892 ••••• 21. Cocalico (10-9) 0.640035 42. Elizabethtown (1-19) 0.334845
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Capital Division W L OVERALL Middletown 13 1 18-3 West Perry 10 3 15-5 Susquenita 10 4 17-4 Camp Hill 10 4 15-6 East Pennsboro 6 8 9-11 Steelton-Highspire 4 10 6-15 Northern York 2 11 4-15 Milton Hershey 0 14 0-18 Last week’s games Middletown 57, Susquenita 47 Middletown 50, Steelton-Highspire 45 East Pennsboro 53, Steelton-Highspire 47 This week’s games - Wednesday, Feb. 5 Bishop McDevitt at Middletown, 7:30 p.m. MID-PENN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Semifinals Tuesday, Feb. 11 Middletown vs. Mechanicsburg, 6 p.m., Cumberland Valley High School Greencastle-Antrim vs. Cumberland Valley, 6 p.m. Big Spring High School
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Final Thursday, Feb. 13 Middletown/Mechanicsburg winner vs. GreencastleAntrim/Cumberland Valley winner, 6 p.m., Milton Hershey School
DISTRICT 3 POWER RATINGS CLASS AAA (Top 18 teams qualify) TEAM RATING 1. Susquehannock (17-3) 0.790322 2. Palmyra (19-2) 0.783024 3. Greencastle-Antrim (19-0) 0.756991 4. Fleetwood (17-2) 0.756312 5. Lancaster Catholic (19-1) 0.727928 6. Berks Catholic (15-4) 0.724344 7. West York (14-7) 0.709632 8. Middletown (18-3) 0.708831 9. Conrad Weiser (14-5) 0.701361 10. Susquenita (17-4) 0.668988 11. West Perry (15-5) 0.663501 12. Eastern York (14-7) 0.646875 13. ELCO (12-7) 0.640343 14. Hamburg (13-8) 0.621630 15. Gettysburg (12-8) 0.617455 16. Donegal (11-7) 0.612026 17. Trinity (9-10) 0.605123 18. Northeastern (10-10) 0.603285 ••••• 19. Susquehanna Twp. (8-12) 0.581139 CLASS A (Top 12 teams qualify) TEAM RATING 1. Harrisburg Christian (18-1) 0.647320 2. Lancaster Co. Christian (16-2) 0.547795 3. Halifax (15-5) 0.523416 4. Christian School of York (13-5) 0.461406 5. Steelton-Highspire (6-15) 0.431197 6. Harrisburg Academy (11-5) 0.419259 7. Greenwood (9-9) 0.397024 8. Veritas Academy (11-8) 0.369690 9. Upper Dauphin (9-10) 0.368575 10. Mt. Calvary ( 10-9) 0.362148 11. Lititz Christian (9-9) 0.344649 12. Antietam (8-12) 0.341928 ••••• 13. New Hope Academy (6-8) 0.331349
WRESTLING MID-PENN CONFERENCE Keystone Division W L OVERALL Cedar Cliff 6 0 18-3 Red Land 5 2 10-5 Lower Dauphin 4 2 12-4 Mechanicsburg 4 2 6-11 Hershey 4 3 10-8 Middletown 2 4 5-9 Susquehanna Twp. 1 7 3-13 Palmyra 0 7 1-8 Last week’s matches Hershey 43, Middletown 23 Dover 42, Middletown 24 This week’s matches Thursday, Feb. 6 Dallastown at Middletown, 7 p.m. ICE HOCKEY CPIHL Tier 2 W L PTS Hempfield 15 1 30 Lampeter-Strasburg 15 1 30 Lower Dauphin 14 3 28 Warwick 10 7 20 Red Land 5 11 10 Central Dauphin 3 13 6 Annville-Cleona 3 13 6 Manheim Central 0 16 0 Last week’s games None This week’s games - Wednesday, Feb. 5 Lower Dauphin vs. Annville-Cleona, 8:45 p.m., Klick Lewis Arena, Annville Tier 3 W L T PTS Carlisle 14 2 0 28 Susquehanna Twp. 14 2 0 28 Penn Manor 13 1 0 26 Susquehannock 7 9 1 15 Middletown 4 12 1 9 West York 3 12 2 8 Northern York 1 16 0 2 Last week’s games Penn Manor 11, Middletown 3 Middletown 4, Northern York 3 This week’s games - Wednesday, Feb. 5 Middletown vs. Susquehanna Twp., 7:30 p.m., Twin Ponds East
Keystone Division W L OVERALL Mechanicsburg 14 1 18-2 Palmyra 13 2 19-2 Hershey 9 6 13-7 Trinity 8 7 9-10 Lower Dauphin 7 7 10-10 Susquehanna Twp. 6 8 8-12 Red Land 4 10 7-12 Bishop McDevitt 4 12 4-14 Cedar Cliff 1 13 3-16 Last week’s games Cedar Crest 40, Lower Dauphin 32 Lower Dauphin 55, Cedar Cliff 28 This week’s games Thursday, Feb. 6 Cedar Cliff at Lower Dauphin, 6:30 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL CAPITAL ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN W L OVERALL Mary Washington 10 1 17-2 Wesley 9 1 17-1 St. Mary’s 8 3 14-5 Christopher Newport 6 4 13-5 Marymount 5 6 12-7 Salisbury 4 6 9-10 Penn State Harrisburg 3 8 6-13 York 2 9 3-16 Frostburg St. 1 10 2-17 Southern Virginia 0 0 4-11
DISTRICT 3 POWER RATINGS CLASS AAAA (Top 20 teams qualify) TEAM RATING 1. Manheim Twp. (20-0) 0.827253 2. Dover (18-1) 0.820616 3. Cumberland Valley (18-2) 0.810250 4. Wilson (14-7) 0.789359 5. Cedar Crest (15-5) 0.755765 6. Mechanicsburg (18-2) 0.740651 7. Lebanon (16-4) 0.733930 8. Dallastown (15-6) 0.728301 9. Red Lion (14-7) 0.726061 10. Central Dauphin (12-9) 0.721728 11. Hempfield (13-7) 0.704226 12. Cocalico (13-7) 0.694897 13. New Oxford (12-8) 0.681975 14. Governor Mifflin (12-9) 0.680738 15. CD East (11-9) 0.675073 16. Muhlenberg (13-8) 0.672391 17. Exeter Twp. (14-6) 0.667029 18. McCaskey (11-9) 0.662878 19. Lampeter-Strasburg (14-5) 0.662178 20. Hershey (13-7) 0.648843 ••••• 26. Lower Dauphin (10-10) 0.598087 34. Elizabethtown (4-16) 0.443753
This week’s games Wednesday, Feb. 5 Penn State Harrisburg at Frostburg St., 8 p.m.
Last week’s games St. Mary’s 79, Penn State Harrisburg 55 York 61, Penn State Harrisburg 60
Saturday, Feb. 8 Southern Virginia at Penn State Harrisburg, 3 p.m. WOMEN W L OVERALL York 10 1 18-1 Christopher Newport 9 1 16-2 Marymount 8 3 12-7 Salisbury 7 3 12-7 Mary Washington 6 5 13-6 St. Mary’s 4 7 7-11 Frostburg St. 2 9 4-13 Wesley 1 9 4-15 Penn State Harrisburg 1 10 5-14 Southern Virginia 0 0 3-15 Last week’s games St. Mary’s 60, Penn State Harrisburg 54 York 63, Penn State Harrisburg 30 This week’s games Wednesday, Feb. 5 Penn State Harrisburg at Frostburg St., 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 Southern Virginia at Penn State Harrisburg, 1 p.m.
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Wednesday Night Live (WNL), supper at 5:30 p.m., classes at 6:30 p.m. Adult classes are: Adult Bible Study, Gospel of John and study of Abraham; Bible Study Book of Romans; Contemporary Culture Class; Craft Class; Balloon Art Class; Financial Peace Class. There is a cost for this class; Zumba. There is a cost for each session; Knitting/Crocheting Circle. There are classes for Youth, grades 4 and 5, grades 1, 2, and 3, Kindergarten, 4- and 5-year-olds, and babysitting for infants through 3 years old. Come join us. Latino Congregation: Betesda Casa de Misericordia, CGGC, 245 W. High St., Middletown. Estudios Biblicos Domingos, noon; Servicio Evangelistico: Domingos 1:30 p.m.; Contactos: Ricardo and Jeanette Perez (717) 333-2184. For additional information call the church office at 944-9608 or e-mail us at mdtcog@comcast.net.
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Greetings to you in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. We welcome you for services on Sun., Feb. 9. Church school begins at 9:15 a.m. for all ages. Adult Forum will be continuing their study on the minor prophets of the Bible as they hear from the Rev. Paul Derrickson. Please plan to join us for Worship at 10:30 a.m. in our sanctuary – all are welcome. We welcome you within our doors, so please feel free to join us. Nursery is available during the service, and there
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Geyers United Methodist Church, Londonderry Township, invites you to worship with us each Sunday at 9 a.m. We offer a Nursery and Children’s Church at 9 a.m. each Sunday. Coffee Fellowship begins at 10 a.m. followed by Adult and Children’s Bible Study at 10:30 a.m. Communion is offered the first Sunday of each month. Prayer meetings are held every Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. Nonperishable food items are collected for the Middletown Food Bank each Sunday. Campbell Soup labels, education box tops, printer ink cartridges and soda tabs are also collected weekly. The kids club, D.A.W.G.S. (Dynamic and Wiggly God Seekers), is open to children ages 3 to 12 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. They meet most Wednesdays and will continue through April. Children will be treated to Christ-centered stories, crafts, games, singing and snacks. Families may attend a free dinner each week prior to the D.A.W.G.S. Club at 6 p.m. in the lower level of the church. D.A.W.G.S.
Club is open to the public. For more information, contact Kathy Menear at 930-4454 or KarenKathy@comcast.net. Consider volunteering at Mission Central once a month. For more information or to sign up for our next trip, please call the church office. Girl Scout Cadettes (grades 6-8) meet every Tuesday from 6-7:30 p.m. The Daisey Troop (grades 1-3) meet every Monday 6-7:30 p.m. Contact Lynn Goodling for Girl Scout information at 439-7932. Cub Scouts meet Thursday nights for first, second and fifth grade dens. Please contact Chris Coleman for Boy Scout information at 648-6036. Welcome Packets are available in the Narthex. Feel free to pick up a packet to learn more about Geyers United Methodist Church and our activities. Geyers is located at 1605 South Geyers Church Road, Middletown in Londonderry Township. Pastor Donald Walters and the church office can be reached at 944-6426 or geyerschurch@verizon.net.
Worship is a time for joy. Therefore, with a joyous spirit we rejoice. “Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody to our God.” Psalm 147:7. Reach out to God and to one another for all are welcomed in our Father’s house. Evangelical Church meets on the corner of Spruce and Water streets at 157 E. Water St., Middletown, south of Main St. behind the Turkey Hill convenience store. The ministries scheduled at Evangelical United Methodist Church from Feb. 5-11 are always open to everyone. Wed., Feb. 5: 10 a.m., Bible Study in Meeting Room 2; 6 p.m., AA Book Study; 6:30 p.m., Senior Choir rehearsal. Thurs., Feb. 6: 5:30 p.m., Girl Scout
10 Spruce Street • 944-5835
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Ebenezer United Methodist Church "Love God, Love People, Make Disciples"
890 Ebenezer Road, Middletown (Corner of 441 & Ebenezer Road)
Phone 939-0766 Sunday Worship: Traditional - 8:45 am • Contemporary - 10:45 am Christian Education (All Ages) - 10 am Christian Child Care - 985-1650
Pastor S. DAVID SIMON
“So as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.” Colossians 1:10 Open Door Bible Church, located at 200 Nissley Drive, Middletown, invites you to worship Jesus Christ with us this week. Our February 9 Sunday worship service commences at 10:40 a.m. with a 9:30 a.m. Sunday school hour with classes for all ages. Children from
We worship on Sunday morning at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Our early service is informal and features a Praise Band. Our later service follows a traditional pattern and includes all types of music. We encourage people to “come as you are.” Pastor Dawes’ sermon this Sunday is “Jesus as Healer” based on Mark 3:1-6. A special offering for our Mercy Fund will be received this Sunday. These gifts are used to help persons in our community. Lenten Small Groups are being formed this month. The group sessions begin in March and will meet weekly during Lent for Bible study, sharing and prayer. A listing of times and places is posted in the gathering area and on our website. Register now for whichever group suits your schedule. All are welcome. Bolivian Goods are available for purchase after worship services during February. These items have been made by two women’s cooperatives in Bolivia. The proceeds support their churches, children and families. Youth 10x’s Better presents a concert fundraiser at Wesley on Sunday at 6 p.m. A variety of creative talent, including Mo Horns and Gospel Jazz Band Focus, will be featured. A love offering to benefit Youth 10x’s Better Youth Ministry will be received. Our Threads of Hope Clothing
New Beginnings Church at the Riverside Chapel
630 South Union St., Middletown
Sunday School - 9 am • Worship Service - 10:30 am
Pastor Britt Strohecker Everyone Is Welcome!
Open Door Bible Church
200 Nissley Drive, Middletown, PA (Located In Lower Swatara Township) Pastor JONATHAN E. TILLMAN
Phone 939-5180 Sunday School - 9:30 am • Morning Worship - 10:40 am Evening Worship - 6:30 pm
REV. ROBERT GRAYBILL, Pastor
Church School - 9:15 am • Worship - 10:30 am
235 W. High St., Middletown
REV. KIMBERLY SHIFLER, Pastor
944-9608 Sunday School - 9:15 am • Worship Services - 8 & 10:30 am Classes for Special Education (Sunday Morning & Thursday Evening)
St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Spring & Union Sts., Middletown Church Office 944-4651
REV. DR. J. RICHARD ECKERT, Pastor
Saturday Worship With Spoken Liturgy - 5 pm Sunday Worship - 8:15 am & 11 am Sunday Church School - 9:45 am Worship Broadcast on 91.1 fm - 11 am
Wesley United Methodist Church
944-6426
REV. JIM DAWES, Pastor
PASTOR DON WALTERS
Worship - 9 am - Followed by Coffee Fellowship Sunday School - 10:30 am
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Bank is open on the fourth Friday of every month from 4 to 6 p.m. Free clothing in all sizes are available. We recently purchased 4 display racks to hang clothes so they are more easily accessible. Epiphany moments are special times during which we see God at work. Where did you see God today? Come, join us at Wesley where we are taking time to look and listen for that Divine Presence in our lives. Visit our website at middletownwesleyumc.org. Contact us by e-mail at wesleyumc@comcast.net. Call us at 944-6242. Wesley is located at the corner of Ann and Catherine sts., Middletown. “Follow Jesus, Change the World. Seek. Serve. Send.”
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underwear, sweat pants and socks for boys and girls (sizes 6, 8 and 10). The local elementary school nurses are in need of these items for the children. We are supporting Mitch Lee who is a Life Boy Scout working on his Eagle Scout. His project is for the drums for the Middletown Area Middle School Band. Any contributions are welcome and checks may be made out to Troop 97 and mailed to Mitch at 322 Conewago St., Middletown, or given to Mitch at church. Contributions are also being received to help a family outside of Bloomsburg with a 9-year-old son with terminal cancer. The family has experienced unfortunate times, which includes no heat in their home except electric space heaters. Contributions may be mailed to New Beginnings with memo: John Manning Fund. Anyone interested in Scrapbooking? If interested in being part of a group at New Beginnings call Barb Bogardus at 350-2746. Acolyte for February: Colin Graham. Children’s Church leader for February: Michelle Strohecker. Pastor Britt’s parting words each Sunday: “Nothing in this world is more important than the love of Jesus Christ.” We invite you to come and experience this love.
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ages 4 to second grade are welcome to participate in Junior Church during the morning worship service. We also welcome you to join us at our 6:30 p.m. service. Childcare is provided for children under age 4 during all services and classes. Wed., Feb. 5: 7 p.m., Patch the Pirate Clubs for ages 4 through grade 6; Prayer meeting. For more information call the church office at 939-5180 or visit us online at www.odbcpa.org. Better yet, come worship with us in person.
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Evangelical United Methodist Church Sunday School (all ages) - 9 am Sunday Worship - 10:15 am
New Beginnings Church invites you to worship with us each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Nursery and children’s church provided. Our congregation meets at Riverside Chapel, 630 S. Union St., Middletown, next to the Rescue Hose Company. Sunday school for all ages is at 9 a.m. We are handicap accessible via ramp at the back door. For additional church information call 944-9595. Food is collected every Sunday for the Middletown Food Bank. Pastor Britt’s Bible Study is Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Bring your own issues and concerns to discuss how the Bible helps in everyday living. Followers of Faith Bible Study resumes at a later time. Craft Group is Wednesdays at 6 p.m.; Choir rehearsal on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.; Intercessory Prayer group is Thursdays at 7 p.m.; Youth Fellowship is Sundays from 5 to 7 p.m. Our Sunday worship service is broadcast on the MAHS radio station WMSS 91.1 FM at 3 p.m. every Sunday afternoon. Listen on the radio or the Internet at www.pennlive.com/ wmss/audio. Check us out on our website at www.newbeginningschurchmiddletown.weebly.com. Our yearly “Undies Sundies” are Feb. 9 through 23. We will be collecting
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Troop #10067; 7 p.m., Bible Study in Meeting Room 2. Sun., Feb. 9: 9 a.m., Sunday Church school, with classes for all ages. Adult Sunday school devotional leader for February: June Martin; 10:15 a.m., worship service. The worship center is handicap and wheelchair accessible. Greeters: Joan Rudy, Ed and Mary Anne Naugle and Lexi. Nursery Helpers: Ethel Angeloff, Mike Harris. The altar flowers are given in memory of wife Janet and son, Lynn C. Meinsler presented by husband and father, Charles Meinsler; 11 a.m., Refreshments and fellowship time. Tues., Feb. 11: 2 p.m., Stitches and Prayers Shawl Ministry; 6 p.m., Finance Committee meeting; 7 p.m., Church Council meeting.
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First Church of God, 245 W. High Street, Middletown, invites you to join us for worship at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. this Sunday. Childcare is provided. Sunday school for all ages begins at 9:15 a.m. Classes for special education are also available. Sunday mornings at 9:15 a.m. classes are available for Youth (grades 6-12), FROG Pond (grades 1-5) Kindergarten (4-5 years old), Nursery (infants-age 3), and Adult classes, which offer a variety of Bible studies and electives. Sunday evenings: A Collective - Dinner is at 5:15 p.m. and the gathering begins at 6 p.m. Come and share with us. You are not alone in your faith, your doubts and your desires. Thursdays: 8 a.m., Breakfast Club Bible Study; 6 p.m., Pasta and Prayer Young Adult Bible Study; 6-8 p.m., The Sunshiners meet weekly for a time of Christian fellowship, teaching and worship. They are a group which exists to meet the spiritual needs of persons who are developmentally challenged.
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here were two noteworthy landmarks reached in Middletown Area High School basketball history recently. True, school isn’t just sports, but sports does teach important life lessons – sportsmanship and teamwork among them – and who doesn’t want to see local kids achieve in whatever they do, both in the classroom and on the court? The Middletown girls’ basketball team won its first division title in team history on Tuesday, Jan. 28. The Blue Raiders beat Steelton-Highspire, 50-45, while second-place Susquenita lost to Camp Hill, giving Middletown (18-3) the Capital Division title in the Mid-Penn Conference. If you enjoy watching teamwork in action, you should take in a Raiders’ game – their spread offense, with its patient passing, is the epitome of it. Just four days prior, the Middletown boys’ basketball team gave Coach Chris Sattele his 100th career victory when the Blue Raiders beat West Perry, 66-47. Seventy-two of those victories were earned by the Middletown basketball program, while the remaining 28 were earned during Sattele’s stint as coach of Northern York. Congratulations to all.
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The (insert opinion here) TOMHORTON State of the Union speech Restoring the Chesapeake will improve our health President Barack Obama addressed Congress and the country in his televised State of the Union address on Tuesday, Jan. 28. Did you love it, hate it or feel indifferent about it? Her are some highlights from his speech, and responses from members of both parties: President Obama
“In the coming months, let’s see where else we can make progress together. Let’s make this a year of action. That’s what most Americans want – for all of us in this chamber to focus on their lives, their hopes, their aspirations. And what I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all – the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead. "Let’s face it: that belief has suffered some serious blows. Over more than three decades, even before the Great Recession hit, massive shifts in technology and global competition had eliminated a lot of good, middle-class jobs, and weakened the economic foundations that families depend on. "Today, after four years of economic growth, corporate profits and stock prices have rarely been higher, and those at the top have never done better. But average wages have barely budged. Inequality has deepened. Upward mobility has stalled. The cold, hard fact is that even in the midst of recovery, too many Americans are working more than ever just to get by – let alone get ahead. And too many still aren’t working at all. "Our job is to reverse these tides. It won’t happen right away, and we won’t agree on everything. But what I offer tonight is a set of concrete, practical proposals to speed up growth, strengthen the middle class, and build new ladders of opportunity into the middle class.’’ Rob Gleason, chairman Republican Party of Pennsylvania “President Barack Obama falsely believes that empty rhetoric will compensate for his years of failed leadership. "President Obama’s liberal policies have only succeeded in raising taxes, killing jobs and putting the health care of Pennsylvania families at risk. "President Obama and the Democrats have left the American people holding the check for their out-of-touch policies, and no amount of liberal spin will change that fact.” Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) “I am gratified that the president made jobs and the economy the central focus of his State of the Union address. Despite recent economic progress, far too many Americans are still struggling to get back on their feet. "If you work hard and play by the rules, you should have the opportunity to succeed. "I was encouraged by the president’s emphasis on worker training programs, hiring incentives and pay equity to ensure workers have the chance to get ahead. Responsible development of natural gas is something I have pushed for a long time and the president’s proposal will help create jobs in Pennsylvania while at the same time decreasing our dependence on foreign oil. "I was also glad to see that the president underscored his commitment to early education and research to ensure our nation’s long-term global competitiveness.'' Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA) “The president tried to convince us that our economy is better off today than it was when he first took office. However, our national debt is $18 trillion and growing, the roll-out of the Affordable Care Act has proven disastrous and executive overreach has become the new normal in Washington. "The president talks about ‘income inequality’ but his policies have done nothing to help close that gap, much less spur the economy or create jobs. "I believe the best way to address this divide is to put hardworking Americans back to work. We should invest in our small businesses, our infrastructure, and the next generation of our nation’s workforce. More government regulations will only add fuel to the fire, amplifying existing problems that our country cannot afford. "On immigration reform, I’m unconvinced that ‘legal status’ is anything less than the functional equivalent of amnesty. I’ve seen very little throughout this debate to assure me that we will permanently secure our borders. Failure to do so will repeat the mistakes of the 1986 amnesty law that gave birth to the illegal immigration crisis our country has faced for the last two decades.''
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The March and a new generation No other public demonstration can match the National March for Life in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of thousands of us gather on the streets of Washington every year, braving the biting winds -and sometimes snow. We stand to bring hope that one day preborn babies will be protected in the womb again. We stand to bring hope to women that they deserve better than abortion, and that they can find support. We do it because no other issue is as critically important in our nation as protecting innocent life from abortion. For in what other tragedy do 1.2 million Americans lose their lives every year? What other “right” do 64 percent of the women, according to the Elliot Institute, say they felt coerced into exercising? At the March on Jan. 22 – the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that opened the doors to abortion on demand through all nine months of pregnancy – hope shined through with the tens of thousands of young faces marching in the cold, the mothers pushing baby strollers, the high school students who sacrificed hours of sleep, the older adults who have been marching for decades. Christopher Calore, a pro-life leader in Wilkes-Barre, found hope in the sea of young faces. When he first traveled to the March for Life about 35 years ago, “I was the youngest one on the bus and considered ‘young.’ ” Calore said, at the time, “the general consensus was ‘we must gain more and more pro-lifers to stop this tragedy of abortion!’ ‘’ “Today, the age of the partici- Many young people pants at the go to the March for March has Life already reversed,’’ convinced that he said. “Now I they need to help realize that preborn babies and our prayers of 35 years their mothers. For ago have others, the been anexperience swered with challenges them time.” Many with a new young perspective. people go to the March for Life already convinced that they need to help preborn babies and their mothers. For others, the experience challenges them with a new perspective. Zoe, a student from the Erie area, attended the March in 2013. She said, “Being there with hundreds of thousands of people made me really open my eyes and look at how seriously wrong abortion really is.” Jammie, one of her classmates, said the March “brought tears to my eyes and really touched my heart.” A lot has changed in the past 41 years with the pro-life side winning a number of key legislative victories. A record number of protective laws have been enacted in the past few years, ensuring that women have accurate information about abortion, its risks and alternatives, and the support available to them and their families. More laws now protect viable preborn babies and ensure babies receive proper medical care if they survive an abortion. As more young people step up and recognize the injustice of killing preborn babies in the womb and the need to help women feeling pressured into the decision, I believe our nation is moving forward to bring about a better future where we respect and defend every human life, born and preborn.
Future has connected meat-heavy human y friend diets to our health as well as the Bay’s Meredith and shown that getting our nutrition from stopped animals is linked to cancer and obesity. me as I recounted As for water quality, meat production a favorite Chesameans more fertilizer runoff to streams peake Bay-of-yore and residues of drugs fed to farm animals story – about wading decades ago in lush seagrass beds that showing up in drinking water. Increasingly, I find acknowledgement so cleansed and cleared the shallows you among Bay restoration leaders that fundacould see to dip crabs sequestered there mental changes in our agriculture will be to shed their shells. needed to meet water quality goals, even I noted that we could bring back these as the official line remains that tweaks to conditions by reducing runoff of fertilthe existing food system will suffice. izers and dirt from the land, which would While toxics have the attention of many also reduce summer “dead zones” of Bay groups, the governments managing oxygen-starved water in the channels. the Bay have supported none of these apMeredith’s an experienced environmenproaches in a sustained manner and have tal lawyer who got the ecological truth failed to collect and make transparent I was voicing; but now she’s mother to enough data to build a solid understandGrace, 3, and Nicholas, several months. ing of environmental health connections. And the Bay question she gets from her A coalition of environmental groups is current social circle along the Choptank pushing Maryland’s legislature to require River on Maryland’s Eastern Shore is reporting of who is using what agriculturthis: “Is it safe for my kids to swim?” al chemicals and where they are applied. Decades into the Chesapeake restoraIt’s voluntary now, and required reporttion, our focus continues on curtailing ing would be a start “eutrophication” toward better data. by reducing the Companies fracknutrients nitrogen We must continue with the ing natural gas in and phosphorus that overfertilize the wa- restoration of the Chesapeake Pennsylvania and York, and ter, clog it with floatBay, but it will take a deeper New maybe soon in ing algae, rob light and wider engagement from Maryland, do not from the seagrasses citizens across the six-state have to disclose and quench aquatic chemicals they oxygen. watershed, which includes the inject into groundWe must continue Pennsylvania. water. with this, but it will “There’s no big take a deeper and tent” bringing wider engagement together all these from citizens across the six-state waterhuman-environment health issues, said shed. Rebecca Ruggles, director of the MaryOne opportunity to build a bigger land Environmental Health Network, a constituency for restoration is to connect group began two years ago. human health to Bay health. The overAfter a false start in 2000, the EPA Bay laps between the two range from diet to Program seems ready to take toxics more climate change to air quality, to an array seriously. A recent EPA report shows of toxins bad for both fish and us. nearly three quarters of the Bay and tidal To get a sense of the issue, consider that rivers are partly or fully “impaired” by the Bay and its rivers are riddled with toxics –from mercury and PCBs to endohealth advisories limiting the consumpcrine disruptors that may impair sexual tion of everything from eels and striped development in fish. bass to catfish and blue crabs to sport fish The links between Bay toxics and Bay throughout Pennsylvania. humans often aren’t as neat as those beAnother example where we might get tween nutrients and seagrasses and oxymore traction: Reducing air pollution gen. But as my friend Meredith pointed further is regarded as a relatively exout, it’s what people want to know – and pensive way to cut Bay pollution, even another way to involve them. though airborne nitrogen is a significant bay pollutant. Micaiah Bilger Tom Horton covered the Chesapeake But what if Bay managers and environHarrisburg Bay for 33 years for The Baltimore Sun mental educators included the benefits to and is author of six books about the human health of reducing air pollution? The writer is the education director of Chesapeake. He teaches writing at SalisThe EPA estimates their value to Eastern the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation, bury University, Salisbury, Md. states in the Bay’s watershed at $120 Harrisburg. billion. It’s not that no one’s tried to connect Bay and human health. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation made a fine report found on Google, “Bad Water 2009.’’ It links increased health risks from harmful bacteria and algae in Chesapeake waters to the nutrients that hammer Bay grasses and oxygen, and ties the heightened toxic risk to warmer Bay water, which is We want to hear from you. caused by climate change, which in turn is exacerbated by burning fossil fuels that Send your letters to: deliver more nitrogen to the Bay. letters@pressandjournal.com, or The foundation report also links harm20 S. Union Street ful nitrates in drinking water to regions with an overabundance of farm animal Middletown, Pa. 17057 manure, regions that are also hotspots of Letters may be edited for accuracy, clarity, and length. Bay and river pollution. Johns Hopkins’ Center for a Livable
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become teachers when it’s clear they have no patience, and all they do is holler. Maybe a career evaluation is in order before you stop substituting and become a permanent fixture in some poor kid’s life. Get off your power trip immediately.�
The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) announced late last year that property totaling 124 acres at the Harrisburg International Airport has been designated as Keystone Opportunity Zones. The Keystone Opportunity Zone program provides state and local tax incentives to businesses that locate in a designated zone, also known as a KOZ. The goal of the program is to encourage the redevelopment of abandoned, unused, or underused land and buildings into business sites and residential areas. A bill passed by the General Assembly in 2011, which I supported, permitted the DCED to designate up to 15 additional KOZs across the state. The HIA properties designated include the old terminal building site, the former Bethlehem Steel property on the western end of the airport and the site of the former Crawford Station power plant. The old terminal building is expected to be demolished in spring of 2014. The designations will help bring new business to these sites, which could boost the local and state economy and create jobs.
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Middletown Area School Board doesn’t believe there will be a tax increase, so why did you say one will happen? I know the district has to start working on a budget and they’re telling it like it is as far as the money, but give ‘em a chance. They’ll cut things back. I’m glad to read what they have to do.�
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which will take place from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday, April 25 at Hummelstown’s Chemical Fire Company, 249 E. Main St. Interested residents will have access to free information about health care, state government programs and home-based services available locally. Representatives from state and local agencies and the health care industry will be on hand to speak with attendees about available options as well as answer any questions or concerns. For additional information about the Health Expo, contact my Hershey office at 717-534-1323, or visit my website, RepPayne.com. John D. Payne is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He represents the 106th District, which includes most of Middletown, part of Swatara Twp. and all of Royalton, Lower Swatara Twp., Hummelstown, Conewago Twp. and Derry Twp.
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s a small business owner myself, I don’t see the logic in business people arguing against increasing the minimum wage. It’s just not logical to pay people a wage that doesn’t even cover basics like food, housing, utilities and transportation needed to get to work. At $7.25 an hour, the minimum wage comes to just $15,080 a year for full-time employees. Think about cashiers or health aides, childcare workers or fast food servers trying to make ends meet on $15,080. How can you keep people fully engaged in the success of your business when they are distracted with worry about how they are going to pay rent or keep the lights on? How can they provide the best customer service when they are struggling to feed their family? I know firsthand that you don’t need to pay poverty wages to succeed. In fact, paying higher wages is truly beneficial for business. Since opening our doors in 2002, my company, LetterLogic of Nashville, Tenn., has grown fast. We have no debt, have annual revenues approaching $30 million, and occupy a large processing center in downtown Nashville with 50 employees. The Women’s Presidents Organization named us one of the Top 50 Female-Led Businesses in North America for three years running, and we made the INC 5000 list for seven consecutive years. I know we would not have had this success if we paid minimum wage. Paying better wages has helped our bottom line, not hurt it. My company has been successful because of our employee-centric culture. We believe that if we take good care of our employees, they will in turn take great care of the customer. It works. Our starting pay is $12 an hour, not $7.25. And we increase wages by an average of 20 percent as soon
as the probationary period is over. We also pay 100 percent of our employees’ medical, dental, disability and life insurance. We give them 10 percent of our profits monthly, distributed evenly regardless of job or title. We help them buy their first homes with grants toward down-payments. We allow them to bring their children to work when they need to. We reimburse tuition. And those aren’t all of our employee benefits. It’s very good for our business. We can count on dedicated employees and higher productivity and morale. We save money with lower turnover and training costs and reduced mistakes. We have better customer service and satisfaction. We don’t count on other businesses and taxpayers to subsidize our profits by underwriting food stamps and other safety net assistance for our employees. Why should I be subsidizing the profits of companies that pay wages their employees can’t live on? When I pay a starting wage of $12, plus benefits, my employees have more money to spend at other businesses. The very least other businesses can do is pay a wage that allows their employees to afford the basics. But today’s minimum wage locks workers into a nightmare of poverty. It isn’t a building block of the American Dream. Adjusted for inflation, the current minimum wage of $7.25 is worth less than it was in
the 1950s. The typical minimum wage worker is an adult woman. As Margot Dorfman, CEO of the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce, has said, “Keeping the minimum wage low keeps women and families down.’’ Last increased in 2009 to the inadequate level of $7.25, the minimum wage is overdue for a raise. The proposal to increase the minimum wage in three annual steps to $10.10, and then adjust it yearly after that for the rising cost of living, is very reasonable. After all, the minimum wage would already be over $10 now if it had kept up with the cost of living since the 1960s. Today, women own 30 percent of American businesses. The success of my company – and my personal success – is proof that the American Dream is still possible. But it’s a possibility built on fair wages – not poverty wages. Public opinion polls show that across the political spectrum, Americans want to raise the minimum wage. President Barack Obama, many members of Congress and many business owners want to “give America a raise.� Let’s make 2014 the year we get it done. Sherry Stewart Deutschmann is the founder and CEO of LetterLogic in Nashville, Tenn.
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Even before Timothy Moore entered kindergarten in 2012, he had an obsession with numbers. He remembers always wanting to play with anything that had clocks or numbers on it. Why? “I just like ’em,” he explained. Moore, now a first-grader at Reid Elementary School, likes them so much that he has become the first student at the school to reach the highest level on the “First in Math’’ Web-based mathematics program used at Reid. Students earn “stickers’’ for solving problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and fractions, and advance to a higher level for every 500 stickers they earn. Moore had earned 10,031 stickers as of Thursday, Jan. 23, making him the first Reid student in any grade to reach the Grand Champion level. The two closest students to Moore have 5,000 stickers apiece. Whenever he has a free moment at home, he asks to work on First in Math. When he has computer lab at school, he logs in. The program has no levels assigned to more than 10,000 stickers. But Moore said he liked the sound of “Ultimate Grand Champion” for his next level.
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